# @juleswaller_ on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DZMLq7Jk6Sm
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/66393211-juleswaller-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2026-06-05T04:12:25.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Julie Waller (Jules) | School Refusal Support (@juleswaller_) — https://gondola.cc/juleswaller_

## Caption

The “good week then falls apart” pattern broke me for a long time. I thought we were going backwards. I thought I was doing something wrong.

Nobody told me this was actually the nervous system doing exactly what it learned to do - protect itself from the unfamiliar feeling of calm.

Once I understood that, everything shifted. 
Not because the hard days stopped. 
Because I stopped reading them as failure.

Book 7 of the toolkit goes deep into why the nervous system responds this way - and what it actually needs to start trusting safety again. 

It’s the piece most parents are missing.

My daughter went from 100+ missed days in one school year, to her first choice university and course.

And yours can too !

🍒 Comment TOOLKIT for the link.

- Jules ♥️

#schoolrefusal #schoolanxiety #schoolavoidance #teenmentalhealth #childrensmentalhealth

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schoolavoidance, schoolrefusal, schoolanxiety, teenmentalhealth, childrensmentalhealth

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