Six years ago I was the mum sitting in that car park, watching another day slip past with nothing moving. 100+ days of school refusal in that one year alone. I was completely lost, even with my university background in mental health . Every plan we tried treated the same thing: her thinking. Nobody ever had told us the real piece (doctors, psychologists, school counsellors and the list goes on), that her body was still sounding an alarm no amount of talking was going to switch off. The shift didn’t come from trying harder. It came from starting somewhere different, with her nervous system instead of her thoughts. She’s at university now. Her first choice. If you’re standing where I was, save this for the mornings that feel impossible. Send it to someone who needs to know there’s a way through. We got through. And so can you. Witg love, - Jules ❤️ #schoolrefusal #schoolanxiety #gotoschool #teenanxiety teenmentalhealth