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06-12-16, 12:43
I'm making this post hoping to get peoples' thoughts on the matter which has been causing me a lot of worry and stress recently.
I work as a high school teacher, and in January each year, there's a prom dance that teachers, although not required to, are asked to attend so as to chaperone the students. The headmaster of the school I work in has, on a number of occasions, pointed out how I don't participate in the school's social activities, and has asked me to be more involved in the out-of-class activities. Because of this, I'm scared to blow the prom off. However, I absolutely, with all my heart, just don't want to go! Not only is the hotel the prom will be taking place in on the outskirts of the town I live in (I'm agoraphobic, and I have a limited radius of movement), but it lasts all night, and that's not something that I'm interested in taking part in seeing as I tend to get overstimulated in environments that are loud and lively and crowded.
On top of all this, my relationship with my parents, most notably, mum (who I live with) is very strange; controlling, manipulative and smothering. This last month has just been hell as my mum is unhappy (to say the least) that I'm in a relationship because she feels that my boyfriend will 'take me away from her' and she'll have no control over me once that happens. It just so happens that I'll be staying with my boyfriend on the week of the prom, and I know it sounds silly, but I have no way of explaining to my parents why I don't want to attend the prom. They are of the opinion that I must do it, that it's healthy for me (which is true, but it's a little more complicated than that), and that I risk getting on the headmaster's bad side if I don't attend (which I fear, too).
What do I do? :wacko:
I work as a high school teacher, and in January each year, there's a prom dance that teachers, although not required to, are asked to attend so as to chaperone the students. The headmaster of the school I work in has, on a number of occasions, pointed out how I don't participate in the school's social activities, and has asked me to be more involved in the out-of-class activities. Because of this, I'm scared to blow the prom off. However, I absolutely, with all my heart, just don't want to go! Not only is the hotel the prom will be taking place in on the outskirts of the town I live in (I'm agoraphobic, and I have a limited radius of movement), but it lasts all night, and that's not something that I'm interested in taking part in seeing as I tend to get overstimulated in environments that are loud and lively and crowded.
On top of all this, my relationship with my parents, most notably, mum (who I live with) is very strange; controlling, manipulative and smothering. This last month has just been hell as my mum is unhappy (to say the least) that I'm in a relationship because she feels that my boyfriend will 'take me away from her' and she'll have no control over me once that happens. It just so happens that I'll be staying with my boyfriend on the week of the prom, and I know it sounds silly, but I have no way of explaining to my parents why I don't want to attend the prom. They are of the opinion that I must do it, that it's healthy for me (which is true, but it's a little more complicated than that), and that I risk getting on the headmaster's bad side if I don't attend (which I fear, too).
What do I do? :wacko: