“I used to have panic attacks at school. Tessae has been a victim of school bullying since primary school. Gradually, from middle school, she began to feel bad in class. Feeling sick, stomach ache, sweating… “I didn’t understand why I was reacting like that. I thought I was physically ill. »
The illness from which Tessae suffered at that time was not physical but rather psychological. It is about school phobia, a pathology which she decided to talk about in front of the camera for My head and me, the series of 20 minutes on the mental health of young people. Gradually, to his school phobia was added another disorder: social phobia.
In college, Tessae was taken out of school and then hospitalized in a psychiatric structure welcoming other young people suffering from school phobia. Psychological follow-up, medication and practical workshops… The young girl gradually regains confidence in the outside world. “Today, it’s still a little daily battle. But I feel more in control of it all. »
Tessae’s video testimony can be found at the top of this article.
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