Last night she came downstairs after a full day of lectures, made tea, and told me about a lecturer she can’t stand. It sounds so ordinary. It is so ordinary. For years, “ordinary” was the thing I wanted most and thought we’d never get. A day where nothing was a battle. A kid who came downstairs without a fight in her. I didn’t know back then that the fight wasn’t with her. It was with a nervous system trying to protect her the only way it knew how. Save this for the days that still feel impossible. Follow juleswaller_ There’s more of what I wish I’d known sooner. - Jules ❤️ #schoolrefusal #schoolanxiety #schoolstress #teenmentalhealth #childrensmentalhealth