As the real Joel I feel like I should let you guys know this was a solid six years ago and Charlie's all good now! He got through it, and then through sixth form and uni. If anyone is struggling then know you don't have to go through it alone. It always helps to just confide in someone and talk something through with a person you trust 😊
Can I clarify for most people who don’t understand that this was filmed SIX years ago so it doesn’t matter if the GCSEs are cancelled this year he’s already done them
Not gonna comment anything about Charlie because it's already been said, but Joel is actually a top guy. From the limited amount we see here, he's as good a friend you could ask for in a time of crisis
Honestly having anxiety and depression is the hardest thing you can have , like they say your biggest enemy is yourself , no one can get to you the way you get to yourself , it’s usually people that are so smart and so good at certain things get anxiety which can rip that talent away from them
And what happens when all students then demand a separate room for their own reasons? If anything, being alone with the invigilator is likely to be more detrimental than anything, as the invigilator's attention would be concentrated on him the entire time.
Ahmed i also have anxiety disorder clinically diagnosed and in my school you can do that because you have a doctor to let you so people probably wouldn’t do that and you would only be allowed to if a gp let you
Erin McMillan i also think the school could’ve supported him more too the lady he spoke to seemed really nice and helpful but it would have been better if he had somewhere to go like i do in my school but maybe he does and it doesn’t show in the video but idk
Ahmed well since he has be diagnosed he will be able to get one, I get a separate room in my exam since I’m profoundly deaf since the age of 4 so I’ve always been taken out to do my test and that’s how I’m used too it .
From someone who gets pretty good grades, I get where he's coming from. School can be so damaging to your mental health and being one of the top students is hard. Teachers wonder why you don't come to some lessons due to stress, you feel like your work isn't done to your best ability but you have no energy. It's difficult but you can get through it!!
I 100% agree- it’s even worse when teachers have v v high expectations of you! Because if you don’t do well in a test you’re more penalised than you should be, and makes it more nerve racking :(
200% agree. I'm the top student and the stress is killing me. If teachers can't teach all your subjects then why are we expected to learn them all. I wish I could sometimes be free.
This was absolutely me when I was 12 years old. I used to have to go to the bathroom three times in an hour to calm down because I just had to get out of the room. It got to the point where I refused to go to the classroom and did the whole school day in a room by myself. I always describe it as someone’s got a balloon right behind your head and they keep threatening to pop it with a needle but they never do. Just this feeling of apprehension and horrible tension that won’t leave. I’m very lucky that I got it under control by the time I was 13/14 and went through exams without loads of trouble, but if the issues came up when Charlie’s did my GCSEs would have been a complete disaster. School is hard
That’s such a great description of it I haven’t been diagnosed with anxiety but I do have that feeling a lot A lot of my friends do have anxiety so they can help me when my worrying gets bad
Is it like a pressure in your brain that gives you a literal headache?Along with butterflies that make you feel sick and legs are kind of shaky. Also hearing goes hyper focussed and you can't concentrate. Because I think i have anxiety but I'm not sure because i don't cry or anything I just freeze and wish I could walk out but I can't.
Yes but also most schools their aim is to get their students prepared for their adult life and getting their gcse is sorta important to get a job they want or go to college
I remember being this way during GCSE's, I came out with an alright set of grades. But when 6th form came around, everything went down hill. The anxiety got 100% worse, I had some of the worst attendance and I was constantly scolded by teachers for it and some of them threw me off the exams. I feel my self-esteam has been permenantly damaged since, I performed poorly even though intellectually I don't believe I am any less capable than someone else. 4 years have passed since 6th form, I've been a bit of a lost mess since. I wish I had all that love and support the teachers gave to charlie when I was in school. I recently started studying A-levels again with an online college, wish me all the best I guess if you come across this message. x
Charlie's mates were fucking spot on, "mate, I am so proud of you" - Just the small things can have a massive effect on someone's confidence and self esteem. Great video.
This lad needs more support from specialised people that understand anxiety. It isn't something you can just snap out of. As an anxiety sufferer and training therapist, I am so determined to help young people like this.
Very relatable, with myself being a top student in my class, I have so much anxiety and nervous energy every day. Please stay strong fellow Y11's, (well anyone really going through exams or anxiety overall)
I can relate to this guy on so many levels, but in GCSEs I ended up skipping a couple of the exams. I regret doing that so much and I regret never seeking the help I needed. I can now happily say I'm about to start training to become a Special Constable in the police force, something which even applying for has been so challenging for me. I'm so happy that mental health and wellbeing is talked about as much as it is these days, and that the help is out there for people like Charlie and I!
Even with my exams cancelled last year, my anxiety skyrocketed due to the year of COVID and GCSEs. Like sometimes I couldn’t eat/drink/sleep for 24hrs straight and I would cry and throw up all the time. It was horrendous and it lasted 6 months. Probably worst time in my life so far. But hey I ended up gett8ng all 9s so I’m rly proud of myself and I’m on the road to recovering from it :)
This is incredibly relatable. I was the top student in my class and felt an immense amount of pressure from it. I think I have anxiety, but no one in my class really knows because I don't tell anyone. They just think I'm an awkward person. My only escape from this is music. Whether it's making songs, playing an instrument, covering songs or just listening to music, it brings my thoughts back together at least for a moment. I love the technical side of it and being able to make people smile through doing what I love is wonderful. I want to be like this person so bad. Might I add that he is an incredibly skilled musician.
His school is so brilliant for supporting his anxiety, when I had my anxiety attacks at school the "support" staff just told me to "suck it up and deal with it" and "be a man about it" needless to say that really didn't help.
I had the best teachers when I was in year 11. I had a panic attack before an English language exam and I was throwing up horrifically because that’s what happens when u have panic attacks. Anyways after throwing up all the way to school a teacher met me outside, held the sick bag while I was vomiting bile. She basically carried me to the exam hall, told the invigilators that I had to sit right by the door. She sat with me in the exam room until she had to leave. I threw up throughout the exam and she met me afterwards walked me to my mums car and I went home. I was expected a D for English language and got a B. The teacher was so dedicated and was so proud of my grade. Honestly the hardest moment of my life that I look back on with a positive attitude.
20 years ago i failed all my exams , all my teachers were disappointed with me because I was 'A' Student . I had a very bad anxiety attack during exams . I didn't tell them what was happening to me because i thought they might think i was crazy . So i told them i never revised .
Jeanette Dompreh the sad truth is is that schools made to make kids depressed and have no belief in themselves so they chose to become a worker and make the richer richer 🤷🏻♂️
@Beef Sandwich Do you have to bring ideology into everything? The current education system is terrible but the system you propose is even worse. School is not a bad idea and a good free system of it is vital for a democracy. The way the system works is terrible. Why do you think it is a good idea for the chance of the quality of your education to be based on what parents you have? At least currently most kids have some education. In a world where a lot of parents can not even help their children with homework how do you think this will work? Not even mentioning the fact that parents need to work, children without parents exist, and the amount of child neglect and abuse a system like this would cause.
I was the same. I went from being the top in the year to failing due to panic attacks. I thought my life was over. I managed to get into uni and got my maths degree, and now get to teach high school kids with anxiety also. Hopefully I’m helping. Ended up having ADHD that was undiagnosed.
He explains things almost exactly as I experience them and although it made it hard to watch I 100% empathise with how hard it can be especially with the pressure schools put on people to get good grades now
When he said “sorry about this morning” and the woman said “okay” she should’ve said he doesn’t need to apologise and to try not to worry about it because it’s not his fault and he can’t help it and he shouldn’t have to apologise or feel the need to apologise.
i was exactly like this at school always having panic attacks and had really really REALLY bad social anxiety so i never asked the teachers for help if i left something at home i couldnt get the nerve to ask them to ring my parents and bring it up so i ran all the way back home and stayed there for a few days because i was to scared in case i got yelled at and i never thought the good thoughts i always said what if so i left and now im getting home schooled and im doing sooooo much better now my anxiety is still the same also my social anxiety is still the same but im happier
I can relate so much as a top grade 9 student who struggles with stress and anxiety that literally makes me physically sick at times because I feel like there’s so much pressure from everybody expecting me to do well.
Even with my exams cancelled last year, my anxiety skyrocketed due to the year of COVID and GCSEs. Like sometimes I couldn’t eat/drink/sleep for 24hrs straight and I would cry and throw up all the time. It was horrendous and it lasted 6 months. Probably worst time in my life so far. But hey I ended up gett8ng all 9s so I’m rly proud of myself and I’m on the road to recovering from it :) the thing is no one put pressure on me apart from myself
@@Ananya-o4e hey!! I completely forgot I commented a year ago but I'm in exactly the same position as you now. year 11 was by far the worse year of my life mentally due to anxiety, stress and complete burnout but I also ended up getting all 9s with the grading system. all I can say is good riddance to gcses, nobody should have to go through that shit. thank god I'm enjoying a levels more now :)
I understand HIM SO MUCH! I went through the exact same thing ... it’s not good at all... I was good at studies... but I couldn’t sit in the huge... cold, hall and give the exams to save a life... I’m so happy I got the chance to give exams in a separate classroom... now i passed my GCSE’s last year...
I knew a girl who studied hard. She got 93-98% in every test. Every time a result of this high was handed to her, she had no reaction. I was in her physics class and she got a 99% from mock exams. No reaction. She once told my friend on a school morning that she slept for 3 hours and that she studied for 12 hours.
two days after i tried to take my own life at 15 teachers saw fit that i had time to mentally rest for those two days and had no support. Seeing how this school aids children with their mental health is so comforting
How is there so many people not watching this whole video man 😭 He literally gets his results at the end and they’re in letters not numbers, this was filmed years ago
can i just say when we were at school i would have panic attacks the night before school , the morning i had to go to school. it was a big giant mess i would get such bad anxiety and there was so much stress. But now in lockdown so much stress has been taken off my shoulders and i haven’t had as many panic attack as i have when i’ve been in school.
The dynamic between Charlie and Joel is something I’ve not seen in teenagers, seeing the support his mate gives him shows young people that it’s ok to have these issues, with Charlie all the best
dont think ive ever related to the way someone shows their anxiety so much. the panic attacks. the not being worried about doing work but actually being in school. i hope hes well
Im tired of people saying don’t let your anxiety take control as a person who has missed an entire semester of school because of extreme anxiety disorder and panic attacks and have dealt with anxiety disorders and depression for the last 5 years I can’t just block an anxiety attack my anxiety isn’t like a shadow I can fight off it’s a part off you
Wow, I also struggle with anxiety and this is amazing that he was singing infront of a crowd like that! I could never do that, I do have coping skills and I’m very good in school. It’s just me overthinking and procrastinating! Proud of u champ!🙌
I literally saw myself in him. I don't know if I have anxiety or not but I was feeling the same way like he did during my entrance exams. I couldn't give many of them cuz of this. But the last one I somehow managed to study properly and gave it. But I'm happy he had his wonderful friends who supported him. I wish I had that.
5:12 I'm always having door conversations with the councellors at my school. I don't want to impose but i need to talk. I'm the oldest in my family and i feel like i have to live up to the expectations of being "the first" amongst my siblings. and live up to what my parents are. they have no more pressure on me that anyone else. charlies voice is amazing. I love music. It helps my mood and helps me escape. I'm always in the concellors office. and they are always right. 13:00 that feeling when you have accomplished something like performing is Euphoric. its the only time when i'm in the moment and not worrying about the past or future. just happy for what i've done. If you struggle with anxiety like me and charle. remember to breathe. even tho you don't think you got this. you got this. even tho you done believe in yourself. I believe in you
This really uplifted me! I'm 20 now but whilst in school had terrible anxiety and never dealt with it, just took punishments for missing school. I screwed any chances of going to uni up and never performed music in front of an audience like I wanted to and am just starting to recover my life now so well done Charlie! So nice to see how supportive his school and friends are!
this is so relatable, i also have started to get anxiety and panic attacks recently and its the worst. ive been anxious for a while (Not diagnosed anxiety or anything just i get anxious) aand its so bad... for anyone going through a tough time keep going and stay strong
My friend Charlotte, we in uni now, in y8 she started crying and walked out of the class cuz she forgot what factorising was. She is the smartest in our class (we were top class) and she’s a sugarplum fairy. She never swore, always polite and lovely.
I relate to this a lot. Being 'clever' is hard. You constantly set yourself unachievable, high standards and compare yourself to anyone. This may not apply to everyone but I feel embarrassed to show my emotions to anyone my age. If I need to leave class to take a break, though it is easy as my teachers know, I don't want anyone to see my weaknesses. It's so easy to get caught up in the stress, pressure and expectations. People need to be kind, appreciative and sensitive to everyone. Those who show their struggles and those who don't both will need help at some point
I don't have severe anxiety like this kid has but I can relate to him. In my case, my triggers were school, study, and social interactions. I know it didn't show but the anxiety I felt at that time were real and in order to cope with it was to avoid my triggers. During exam seasons, especially during my 3rd and 4th years in college, anxiety was at its highest and since the thought of studying made me feel anxious I avoided studying ( I'd study 30 mins or 1 hour before the exam where I would feel the urgency of studying but prior to that no thank you). I don't know how I survived my college doing this but I did. I remember I had a performance task and it was announced 2 weeks before the actual presentation but I only practiced for it the morning before I perform because just thinking about practicing and the thoughts like "You should do best because people are expecting you to do so" just drained me and I couldnt handle that so, again, I avoided it. The last year of my college where my anxiety was at its peak I tried to avoid going to school because the mere thought of school and meeting the people who caused me stress were very hard for me so I'd rather jail myself in my room and deal with my thoughts, alone. I missed a lot of classes, when I was not absent I would go in late. I'd pass my exams and my requirements but my attendance was kind of sloppy and it had caused me trouble but then I still survived college. Yippie! I'm not saying what I did were the right things to do and I'm not advocating procrastination but I had to do what I had to do to protect myself from totally submitting to my anxiety. My choice of avoidance to my triggers were my choice of happiness. I mean what's the point of total prestige if you were not happy during the process, right?
Top lad, i still have anxiety when talking to people sometimes especially within a interview or other professional settings. but what helped me was boxing, may not be for everyone but once i got into the ring and another person was trying to punch me everything else went out the window. Also gave me more confidence in myself by obviously being able to defend myself.
i understand why he was so worried about it. i passed out in my mock exams and i got moved to a smaller room where u can have breaks, but im still terrified for the actual gcses haha
I am so happy that I’ve watched this because when he described what he felt at the start that’s exactly what I feel every single day 🥺 like he has just read my school day out and it’s like he has just helped me because like I thought I was the only one 🥺💖
It’s hard being the one who needs to revise with other students around you that appear to not work as hard and still achieve similar if not higher grades.
I hope your doing better lad, I know it's been six years but I know exactly what it feels like. Had my first panic attack when I was 9-10 and it ruined my teenage hood... Stayed in doors all the way through my teens, missed school, failed GCSE... Had nothing to my name. The exact way you described it is accurate, legs go loose, vision goes funny, etc. I'm 21 now and I still struggle with some things, but it for sure has had a lasting effect on my mental health to the point I've been diagnosed with depression and other stuff too. If you want to know what I'm doing now, well... I'm actually a Lift Engineer, no qualifications but somehow managed to pull that off haha!
Ima new year 11 and when it comes to internals and exams I have a lot of anxiety and stress but trust me it gets so much better. Once i finish whatever I’m doing I feel so much better
Anxiety is the worst especially when I haven’t been diognosed and everyone thinks I’m attention seeking. Last time I had an anxiety attack I got told off
i was having a panic attack at school and i almost threw up and i asked if i could go outside and the guidance teacher said no because apparently they had to keep an eye on me - if u have anxiety you might understand that when you’re having a panic attack all you wanna do is get out and the fact that she wouldn’t let me made it 100% worse
Social anxiety in the middle of a VERBAL french exam that they make you do in the classroom with everyone else there is a nightmare. I’ve had so many panic attacks and it’s taken me 5 years to learn just to have the confidence to put my hand up to answer a question. And I’m in y10 😕
Della Sheri I’m in year 12 so ill give some advice and insight i think might be useful! I did Spanish, but i think our exams are the same (so long as you’re in the UK). Your exam WONT be in front of the class! For my final exam it was just me and my teacher, not even an examiner. It made me a lot less anxious, and once you’re in the groove of it i promise its not too bad. I struggle with anxiety and would completely mess up my speaking mocks and I threw up the night before my real exam, but i got an 8! Just take a deep breath, and remind yourself once its done, its out the way. You’ll do great :)
Lmao war flashbacks to having such bad anxiety that I had to be on a study leave the majority of my year 11. And then when I could finally go into school without having a panic attack I had to sit in the nurses office all day alone. I would say about half of my exams I had a panic attack in. I studied really hard but it wasn’t much help because the constant stress had me forgetting everything. I am literally still not over it, got to love the education system.
I don't know why, but it is always the students (at least in my school) who are performing at an 8 or 9 standard who get the most anxious during Exam Season.
i know exactly what he’s going through, because i went through the exact same thing throughout high school and now in college but as it progresses we find ways to cope :)
This is making me sad Cos we won’t get to experience exams this year🥺 sounds silly Ik Cos they are so stressful but it much be so nice to accomplish the goal you set
My guess is bc the schools get money for filming, they don't want to pick a school with shitty teachers who everyone will hate and nobody will want to watch
Im in year 11 i had really bad anxiety about exams and walked out of all my mocks now because exams our off i don’t need to worry as much but because i walked out of one exam i felt like I wouldn’t be able to do the others so i didn’t even try in the end i got over it i still feel anxiety about things but i know how to deal with it and its working now i can relate to him massively
7:22 Me as well. Music Is majority of my life too ever since I’ve joined band back in 4th grade. I am now in my school’s wind ensemble and symphony band for 1st period and second period. It’s amazing. Plus, I’ve been in choir, brass band, indoor percussion, Marching band, etc. my instruments that I play are in the families of brass and percussion.
teachers from every school should care about the true wellbeing for their students and help them like he is in the video , they need to support their students not push them to the limit and expect them to do well
As the real Joel I feel like I should let you guys know this was a solid six years ago and Charlie's all good now! He got through it, and then through sixth form and uni.
If anyone is struggling then know you don't have to go through it alone. It always helps to just confide in someone and talk something through with a person you trust 😊
is he single....? 👀👀
six whole years ago??
Are you guys still friends?
@@blynq_6215 yeah very much so 😊
U were such a great freind to him 👍
Can I clarify for most people who don’t understand that this was filmed SIX years ago so it doesn’t matter if the GCSEs are cancelled this year he’s already done them
What are the GCSEs? I'm not from the UK
YH YH they are exams taken at the end of secondary school, which are extremely important for the next stage in learning
@@ishaahmed8540 i get it now, thank you
@@jensinthepark thank you my friend
jennifer park I’m from Scotland as well and my name is Jennifer 🤣
I don’t even know him and I’m so proud of him
Same
what episode is this
Same wtf
😉
Same
Not gonna comment anything about Charlie because it's already been said, but Joel is actually a top guy. From the limited amount we see here, he's as good a friend you could ask for in a time of crisis
Cheers man. Means a lot 😊
@@TheSecretLock No problem dude
Joel Lockhart how is charlie doing now?
@@TheSecretLock what a beast
Dan it’s Joel asher
Honestly having anxiety and depression is the hardest thing you can have , like they say your biggest enemy is yourself , no one can get to you the way you get to yourself , it’s usually people that are so smart and so good at certain things get anxiety which can rip that talent away from them
having anxiety and depression is not the worst thing you can have lol. being hungry is the worst thing that can happen to you
@@inthebackwiththerabbish so quirky and funny 🤪🤪
Zeeshhh Depends on who you are and your experiences really
There were never talk abaut him being depressed?
This is me exactly
the school should support him more, like allowing him to go in a separate room with an invigilator away from everyone else
And what happens when all students then demand a separate room for their own reasons? If anything, being alone with the invigilator is likely to be more detrimental than anything, as the invigilator's attention would be concentrated on him the entire time.
Ahmed i also have anxiety disorder clinically diagnosed and in my school you can do that because you have a doctor to let you so people probably wouldn’t do that and you would only be allowed to if a gp let you
Ahmed was just my opinion because i understand what he goes through and i was close to doing the same thing and going to my year head to ask about it
Erin McMillan i also think the school could’ve supported him more too the lady he spoke to seemed really nice and helpful but it would have been better if he had somewhere to go like i do in my school but maybe he does and it doesn’t show in the video but idk
Ahmed well since he has be diagnosed he will be able to get one, I get a separate room in my exam since I’m profoundly deaf since the age of 4 so I’ve always been taken out to do my test and that’s how I’m used too it .
i don’t know this kid but he deserves the world
Yah he deserves me😽
@@abigailabey1 😂
From someone who gets pretty good grades, I get where he's coming from. School can be so damaging to your mental health and being one of the top students is hard. Teachers wonder why you don't come to some lessons due to stress, you feel like your work isn't done to your best ability but you have no energy. It's difficult but you can get through it!!
I 100% agree- it’s even worse when teachers have v v high expectations of you! Because if you don’t do well in a test you’re more penalised than you should be, and makes it more nerve racking :(
200% agree. I'm the top student and the stress is killing me. If teachers can't teach all your subjects then why are we expected to learn them all. I wish I could sometimes be free.
Having Asian parents doesnt help either 😅
The deep breaths before entering the class.... I felt that in my soul
This was absolutely me when I was 12 years old. I used to have to go to the bathroom three times in an hour to calm down because I just had to get out of the room. It got to the point where I refused to go to the classroom and did the whole school day in a room by myself. I always describe it as someone’s got a balloon right behind your head and they keep threatening to pop it with a needle but they never do. Just this feeling of apprehension and horrible tension that won’t leave. I’m very lucky that I got it under control by the time I was 13/14 and went through exams without loads of trouble, but if the issues came up when Charlie’s did my GCSEs would have been a complete disaster. School is hard
That’s such a great description of it
I haven’t been diagnosed with anxiety but I do have that feeling a lot
A lot of my friends do have anxiety so they can help me when my worrying gets bad
literally same. but i dont have it under control still. you give me and exam i give you anxiety and mental breakdown :))
Is it like a pressure in your brain that gives you a literal headache?Along with butterflies that make you feel sick and legs are kind of shaky. Also hearing goes hyper focussed and you can't concentrate. Because I think i have anxiety but I'm not sure because i don't cry or anything I just freeze and wish I could walk out but I can't.
I'm sorry hope your okay now x
“we can’t afford for him not to do his gcses”...to bump up our overall ofsted results
Hope Catron looool
Tbf, even if he was a low achiever, they still would've made him do his GCSEs.
Lol 😂
Yes but also most schools their aim is to get their students prepared for their adult life and getting their gcse is sorta important to get a job they want or go to college
I feel like they glowed up ALOT after school, I can just tell
No way, he certainly didn't become luminous. Human anatomy doesn't work like that.
@@MG-hi9sh haha really funny shut the fuck up
@@MG-hi9sh bet your funny at parties
@@chillx656 I bet you're shit at spelling tests.
@@bingusbongus7313 No, I'll do what I fucking like.
6:08 anyone notice how what he contributed was his feelings inside
I thought the same.
I remember being this way during GCSE's, I came out with an alright set of grades. But when 6th form came around, everything went down hill. The anxiety got 100% worse, I had some of the worst attendance and I was constantly scolded by teachers for it and some of them threw me off the exams. I feel my self-esteam has been permenantly damaged since, I performed poorly even though intellectually I don't believe I am any less capable than someone else. 4 years have passed since 6th form, I've been a bit of a lost mess since. I wish I had all that love and support the teachers gave to charlie when I was in school. I recently started studying A-levels again with an online college, wish me all the best I guess if you come across this message. x
how’s life now mate?
Charlie's mates were fucking spot on, "mate, I am so proud of you" - Just the small things can have a massive effect on someone's confidence and self esteem. Great video.
He's now a teacher
@@angelopoku4219 That's amazing!
This lad needs more support from specialised people that understand anxiety. It isn't something you can just snap out of. As an anxiety sufferer and training therapist, I am so determined to help young people like this.
can we just talk about how amazing his friends are :))
Very relatable, with myself being a top student in my class, I have so much anxiety and nervous energy every day. Please stay strong fellow Y11's, (well anyone really going through exams or anxiety overall)
F Bari stfu, I bet ur not the top of any class
@@nathanr8787 Yh probably
Nathan R Lmao surprising that set 8 students have the same mentality as you that’s a shame that you hate on other people kid 🤣🥴 muppet
jesus loves you
@@joeygibbs4775 Sarcasm?
I can relate to this guy on so many levels, but in GCSEs I ended up skipping a couple of the exams. I regret doing that so much and I regret never seeking the help I needed. I can now happily say I'm about to start training to become a Special Constable in the police force, something which even applying for has been so challenging for me. I'm so happy that mental health and wellbeing is talked about as much as it is these days, and that the help is out there for people like Charlie and I!
I know but I think that's went out of the window I think there's more talk about cronavirus
Even with my exams cancelled last year, my anxiety skyrocketed due to the year of COVID and GCSEs. Like sometimes I couldn’t eat/drink/sleep for 24hrs straight and I would cry and throw up all the time. It was horrendous and it lasted 6 months. Probably worst time in my life so far. But hey I ended up gett8ng all 9s so I’m rly proud of myself and I’m on the road to recovering from it :)
I’m so proud of him and I’m rooting for him to go and have a great life
This school is so supportive compared to what Experienced at school
This is incredibly relatable. I was the top student in my class and felt an immense amount of pressure from it. I think I have anxiety, but no one in my class really knows because I don't tell anyone. They just think I'm an awkward person.
My only escape from this is music. Whether it's making songs, playing an instrument, covering songs or just listening to music, it brings my thoughts back together at least for a moment. I love the technical side of it and being able to make people smile through doing what I love is wonderful.
I want to be like this person so bad. Might I add that he is an incredibly skilled musician.
01:46 Jordan’s walk is everything
His school is so brilliant for supporting his anxiety, when I had my anxiety attacks at school the "support" staff just told me to "suck it up and deal with it" and "be a man about it" needless to say that really didn't help.
That is honestly sad the staff should've been more supporting, how are you currently?
I had the best teachers when I was in year 11. I had a panic attack before an English language exam and I was throwing up horrifically because that’s what happens when u have panic attacks. Anyways after throwing up all the way to school a teacher met me outside, held the sick bag while I was vomiting bile. She basically carried me to the exam hall, told the invigilators that I had to sit right by the door. She sat with me in the exam room until she had to leave. I threw up throughout the exam and she met me afterwards walked me to my mums car and I went home. I was expected a D for English language and got a B. The teacher was so dedicated and was so proud of my grade. Honestly the hardest moment of my life that I look back on with a positive attitude.
20 years ago i failed all my exams , all my teachers were disappointed with me because I was 'A' Student . I had a very bad anxiety attack during exams . I didn't tell them what was happening to me because i thought they might think i was crazy . So i told them i never revised .
Aw man :( I hope things are better for you. Jesus loves you and is there for you💓
@@ifesjournal no jesus hates them
@@everythingicommentismegaca7673 wtf
@@idax358 please re-read ur reply. including the @ that's literally *highlighted in blue*
This is what exams do to ppl. Teenagers shouldn’t have to go through this
facts !
Beef Sandwich “Marxist ideology”?? Really? and besides most parents don’t have the time to homeschool their kids
Jeanette Dompreh the sad truth is is that schools made to make kids depressed and have no belief in themselves so they chose to become a worker and make the richer richer 🤷🏻♂️
@Beef Sandwich Do you have to bring ideology into everything? The current education system is terrible but the system you propose is even worse. School is not a bad idea and a good free system of it is vital for a democracy. The way the system works is terrible. Why do you think it is a good idea for the chance of the quality of your education to be based on what parents you have? At least currently most kids have some education. In a world where a lot of parents can not even help their children with homework how do you think this will work? Not even mentioning the fact that parents need to work, children without parents exist, and the amount of child neglect and abuse a system like this would cause.
Agreed, the pressure from schools is probably the reason why suicide rates are a problem.
I was the same. I went from being the top in the year to failing due to panic attacks. I thought my life was over. I managed to get into uni and got my maths degree, and now get to teach high school kids with anxiety also. Hopefully I’m helping. Ended up having ADHD that was undiagnosed.
He explains things almost exactly as I experience them and although it made it hard to watch I 100% empathise with how hard it can be especially with the pressure schools put on people to get good grades now
Exactly me too
Charlie seems like a really nice kid; it's great that he has good friends and teachers supporting him.
His now my English teacher and he got no anxiety so ye
When he said “sorry about this morning” and the woman said “okay” she should’ve said he doesn’t need to apologise and to try not to worry about it because it’s not his fault and he can’t help it and he shouldn’t have to apologise or feel the need to apologise.
Exactly.
I was just thinking that as well. He shouldn’t.
exams are hard enough for the average student so I can only imagine what he is feeling..
4:45 omg it’s the guy the girls were fighting over in that other episode
Jordan
Poor guy, I'd have run away.
i was exactly like this at school always having panic attacks and had really really REALLY bad social anxiety so i never asked the teachers for help if i left something at home i couldnt get the nerve to ask them to ring my parents and bring it up so i ran all the way back home and stayed there for a few days because i was to scared in case i got yelled at and i never thought the good thoughts i always said what if so i left and now im getting home schooled and im doing sooooo much better now my anxiety is still the same also my social anxiety is still the same but im happier
I hope things get better :) Jesus loves you so so much and cares for you, you can tell Him everything 💓
I'm in the exact same situation as you .... I'm also home schooling and need to enter college
1:46 he just be vibin doe
J.24 WD 🤣🤣
That's jordan
@@joshhall1819 he got arrested
@@ssqa9062 whatttt really ?o.o
@@ssqa9062 how do you know? What happened?
I can relate so much as a top grade 9 student who struggles with stress and anxiety that literally makes me physically sick at times because I feel like there’s so much pressure from everybody expecting me to do well.
Even with my exams cancelled last year, my anxiety skyrocketed due to the year of COVID and GCSEs. Like sometimes I couldn’t eat/drink/sleep for 24hrs straight and I would cry and throw up all the time. It was horrendous and it lasted 6 months. Probably worst time in my life so far. But hey I ended up gett8ng all 9s so I’m rly proud of myself and I’m on the road to recovering from it :) the thing is no one put pressure on me apart from myself
@@Ananya-o4e hey!! I completely forgot I commented a year ago but I'm in exactly the same position as you now. year 11 was by far the worse year of my life mentally due to anxiety, stress and complete burnout but I also ended up getting all 9s with the grading system. all I can say is good riddance to gcses, nobody should have to go through that shit. thank god I'm enjoying a levels more now :)
he reminds me of Charlie from perks of being a wallflower :)
Yess omg
Omg i love that film
OMG YES
OMG YES
That’s such a good book
I understand HIM SO MUCH! I went through the exact same thing ... it’s not good at all... I was good at studies... but I couldn’t sit in the huge... cold, hall and give the exams to save a life... I’m so happy I got the chance to give exams in a separate classroom... now i passed my GCSE’s last year...
I knew a girl who studied hard. She got 93-98% in every test. Every time a result of this high was handed to her, she had no reaction. I was in her physics class and she got a 99% from mock exams. No reaction. She once told my friend on a school morning that she slept for 3 hours and that she studied for 12 hours.
two days after i tried to take my own life at 15 teachers saw fit that i had time to mentally rest for those two days and had no support. Seeing how this school aids children with their mental health is so comforting
I'm going back Tuesday and my Anxiety is through the roof, I'm going into year 9. wish you all luck :D
I'm in Year 11 and trust me, it's much more stressful as you proceed into the next year. I wish you luck during your exams.
Same man @Alex
Kirigiri don't tell poor alex
I’m assuming your in year 9 now since, you texted this 9months ago! But wish u luck!!
His best friend reminds me of Sinjin from Victorious😂😂😂
Omg yes!
Lmao
Bossin N Flossin omg yes
Bossin N Flossin yasss
Hell Ye 😂😂😂
You just know him and his friends are gonna have the biggest glow up period
How can you tell
@@hype2335 stfu and tell yourself that.
Poor boy so proud of him good on him
How is there so many people not watching this whole video man 😭 He literally gets his results at the end and they’re in letters not numbers, this was filmed years ago
The only reason people are saying numbers is because the system has changed letters to numbers so that's what people understand them as now.
Luckily for him, he’s just got all his predicted target grades- I bet he’s looking at 9s all round.
Clearly didn't watch the full vid then did you
The assembly was filmed right before his GCSEs so this was clearly another year 😂
William Tallant this was filmed years ago
Derpnobladeツ I’m not sure I was wondering the same thing because they originally asked the school I went to but they didn’t allow them
Derpnobladeツ Yeahh the full episodes were played on tv obviously and now they just upload them on UA-cam for money probably
can i just say when we were at school i would have panic attacks the night before school , the morning i had to go to school. it was a big giant mess i would get such bad anxiety and there was so much stress. But now in lockdown so much stress has been taken off my shoulders and i haven’t had as many panic attack as i have when i’ve been in school.
The dynamic between Charlie and Joel is something I’ve not seen in teenagers, seeing the support his mate gives him shows young people that it’s ok to have these issues, with Charlie all the best
dont think ive ever related to the way someone shows their anxiety so much. the panic attacks. the not being worried about doing work but actually being in school. i hope hes well
haven't even watched the whole video but all i wanna is hug him
Im tired of people saying don’t let your anxiety take control as a person who has missed an entire semester of school because of extreme anxiety disorder and panic attacks and have dealt with anxiety disorders and depression for the last 5 years I can’t just block an anxiety attack my anxiety isn’t like a shadow I can fight off it’s a part off you
Wow, I also struggle with anxiety and this is amazing that he was singing infront of a crowd like that! I could never do that, I do have coping skills and I’m very good in school. It’s just me overthinking and procrastinating! Proud of u champ!🙌
crazy that Charlie is my English teacher at school now !
I literally saw myself in him. I don't know if I have anxiety or not but I was feeling the same way like he did during my entrance exams. I couldn't give many of them cuz of this. But the last one I somehow managed to study properly and gave it. But I'm happy he had his wonderful friends who supported him. I wish I had that.
5:12 I'm always having door conversations with the councellors at my school. I don't want to impose but i need to talk.
I'm the oldest in my family and i feel like i have to live up to the expectations of being "the first" amongst my siblings. and live up to what my parents are.
they have no more pressure on me that anyone else.
charlies voice is amazing.
I love music. It helps my mood and helps me escape.
I'm always in the concellors office. and they are always right.
13:00 that feeling when you have accomplished something like performing is Euphoric. its the only time when i'm in the moment and not worrying about the past or future. just happy for what i've done.
If you struggle with anxiety like me and charle.
remember to breathe.
even tho you don't think you got this.
you got this.
even tho you done believe in yourself.
I believe in you
He is so brave to do the performance🥺 I’m taking music gcse and just thinking about the performance gives me butterflies
I guess you didn’t have to do it now 😅🤣
This really uplifted me! I'm 20 now but whilst in school had terrible anxiety and never dealt with it, just took punishments for missing school. I screwed any chances of going to uni up and never performed music in front of an audience like I wanted to and am just starting to recover my life now so well done Charlie! So nice to see how supportive his school and friends are!
this is so relatable, i also have started to get anxiety and panic attacks recently and its the worst. ive been anxious for a while (Not diagnosed anxiety or anything just i get anxious) aand its so bad... for anyone going through a tough time keep going and stay strong
I’m going through the exact same thing my friend
My friend Charlotte, we in uni now, in y8 she started crying and walked out of the class cuz she forgot what factorising was. She is the smartest in our class (we were top class) and she’s a sugarplum fairy. She never swore, always polite and lovely.
I'm 35 and anxiety didn't exist when I was in school. In fact anything mental health wise was just deemed miss behaving or you where a simpleton.
Aw that's really sad
That is so sad... :(
aww :(
In the 70s if you had dyslexia then the teacher would say just make sure he can lift heavy things lmao
Sad
the fact that i am like him,ik exactly how he feels...i wish for no one to go through this
I have the same thing but my teacher wouldn't ever let me leave and the school wouldn't sort something out so I ended up homeschooling.
I wish my teachers supported mental health at school like this instead of ignoring it when I went to them for help for my anxiety and depression
1:55
This is a very big mood.
I relate to this a lot. Being 'clever' is hard. You constantly set yourself unachievable, high standards and compare yourself to anyone. This may not apply to everyone but I feel embarrassed to show my emotions to anyone my age. If I need to leave class to take a break, though it is easy as my teachers know, I don't want anyone to see my weaknesses. It's so easy to get caught up in the stress, pressure and expectations. People need to be kind, appreciative and sensitive to everyone. Those who show their struggles and those who don't both will need help at some point
I don't have severe anxiety like this kid has but I can relate to him. In my case, my triggers were school, study, and social interactions. I know it didn't show but the anxiety I felt at that time were real and in order to cope with it was to avoid my triggers.
During exam seasons, especially during my 3rd and 4th years in college, anxiety was at its highest and since the thought of studying made me feel anxious I avoided studying ( I'd study 30 mins or 1 hour before the exam where I would feel the urgency of studying but prior to that no thank you). I don't know how I survived my college doing this but I did.
I remember I had a performance task and it was announced 2 weeks before the actual presentation but I only practiced for it the morning before I perform because just thinking about practicing and the thoughts like "You should do best because people are expecting you to do so" just drained me and I couldnt handle that so, again, I avoided it.
The last year of my college where my anxiety was at its peak I tried to avoid going to school because the mere thought of school and meeting the people who caused me stress were very hard for me so I'd rather jail myself in my room and deal with my thoughts, alone. I missed a lot of classes, when I was not absent I would go in late. I'd pass my exams and my requirements but my attendance was kind of sloppy and it had caused me trouble but then I still survived college. Yippie!
I'm not saying what I did were the right things to do and I'm not advocating procrastination but I had to do what I had to do to protect myself from totally submitting to my anxiety. My choice of avoidance to my triggers were my choice of happiness. I mean what's the point of total prestige if you were not happy during the process, right?
I love them, him, the staff for understanding. What a good insight to what school (regardless of where you are) does to your mental health
Top lad, i still have anxiety when talking to people sometimes especially within a interview or other professional settings. but what helped me was boxing, may not be for everyone but once i got into the ring and another person was trying to punch me everything else went out the window. Also gave me more confidence in myself by obviously being able to defend myself.
I can relate to this. When I do figure skating competitions I often throw up before competitions.
This literally happened to me most days and teachers promised false help, then I just had to deal with it on my own.
i understand why he was so worried about it. i passed out in my mock exams and i got moved to a smaller room where u can have breaks, but im still terrified for the actual gcses haha
It gives me anxiety watching this because I know how this entirely feels. I have Aspergers and it really takes it’s toll❤️
I am so happy that I’ve watched this because when he described what he felt at the start that’s exactly what I feel every single day 🥺 like he has just read my school day out and it’s like he has just helped me because like I thought I was the only one 🥺💖
Most people have it
It’s hard being the one who needs to revise with other students around you that appear to not work as hard and still achieve similar if not higher grades.
I hope your doing better lad, I know it's been six years but I know exactly what it feels like. Had my first panic attack when I was 9-10 and it ruined my teenage hood... Stayed in doors all the way through my teens, missed school, failed GCSE... Had nothing to my name. The exact way you described it is accurate, legs go loose, vision goes funny, etc. I'm 21 now and I still struggle with some things, but it for sure has had a lasting effect on my mental health to the point I've been diagnosed with depression and other stuff too. If you want to know what I'm doing now, well... I'm actually a Lift Engineer, no qualifications but somehow managed to pull that off haha!
I swear this school has some of the most caring teachers ever!
Ima new year 11 and when it comes to internals and exams I have a lot of anxiety and stress but trust me it gets so much better. Once i finish whatever I’m doing I feel so much better
Anxiety is the worst especially when I haven’t been diognosed and everyone thinks I’m attention seeking. Last time I had an anxiety attack I got told off
Wth anxiety is real I suffer I have not been diagnosed with it but it is quite obvious
i was having a panic attack at school and i almost threw up and i asked if i could go outside and the guidance teacher said no because apparently they had to keep an eye on me - if u have anxiety you might understand that when you’re having a panic attack all you wanna do is get out and the fact that she wouldn’t let me made it 100% worse
Social anxiety in the middle of a VERBAL french exam that they make you do in the classroom with everyone else there is a nightmare. I’ve had so many panic attacks and it’s taken me 5 years to learn just to have the confidence to put my hand up to answer a question. And I’m in y10 😕
Della Sheri
I’m in year 12 so ill give some advice and insight i think might be useful!
I did Spanish, but i think our exams are the same (so long as you’re in the UK). Your exam WONT be in front of the class! For my final exam it was just me and my teacher, not even an examiner. It made me a lot less anxious, and once you’re in the groove of it i promise its not too bad. I struggle with anxiety and would completely mess up my speaking mocks and I threw up the night before my real exam, but i got an 8! Just take a deep breath, and remind yourself once its done, its out the way. You’ll do great :)
Awww when he was singing 🥺🤞
This was literally me. Like it's crazy how similar but I never got better
Lmao war flashbacks to having such bad anxiety that I had to be on a study leave the majority of my year 11. And then when I could finally go into school without having a panic attack I had to sit in the nurses office all day alone. I would say about half of my exams I had a panic attack in. I studied really hard but it wasn’t much help because the constant stress had me forgetting everything. I am literally still not over it, got to love the education system.
I suffer from anxiety, I worry constantly about things. I know how he feels x
Bless him, anxiety can be debilitating.
Sometimes feeling like your going to actually die.
I don't know why, but it is always the students (at least in my school) who are performing at an 8 or 9 standard who get the most anxious during Exam Season.
Watching y’all preform and completely nailing it made me so happy ❤
I’m year 10 and I can’t cope with knowing the exams coming up will either change my life for the better or worse.
1:46 - love the walk
you go fella. im in year 9 and not doing good i think im gonna be like this guy lollll
4:48 the best thing to hear tbh
i know exactly what he’s going through, because i went through the exact same thing throughout high school and now in college but as it progresses we find ways to cope :)
Anxiety is the worst, u feel so alone, u will never understand if u haven’t experienced it
This is making me sad Cos we won’t get to experience exams this year🥺 sounds silly Ik Cos they are so stressful but it much be so nice to accomplish the goal you set
Amy Lorrimer it just wont feel rewarding anymore
Exactlyyy how I feel too
Idgaf whether I get a sense of accomplishment or not 😂
I feel like we don’t deserve this long summer
Yh:(
Can we just stop and notice how good they are at singing
Why are all these educating programmes so really good schools where teachers care & support the kids.
Can't relate.
Who knows what happens behind the scenes 😄😄😄
My guess is bc the schools get money for filming, they don't want to pick a school with shitty teachers who everyone will hate and nobody will want to watch
Im in year 11 i had really bad anxiety about exams and walked out of all my mocks now because exams our off i don’t need to worry as much but because i walked out of one exam i felt like I wouldn’t be able to do the others so i didn’t even try in the end i got over it i still feel anxiety about things but i know how to deal with it and its working now i can relate to him massively
Who else is addicted to watch this in there recommends lmao me 😂
Yes I am hooked on it
7:22 Me as well. Music Is majority of my life too ever since I’ve joined band back in 4th grade. I am now in my school’s wind ensemble and symphony band for 1st period and second period. It’s amazing. Plus, I’ve been in choir, brass band, indoor percussion, Marching band, etc. my instruments that I play are in the families of brass and percussion.
teachers from every school should care about the true wellbeing for their students and help them like he is in the video , they need to support their students not push them to the limit and expect them to do well