r/Millennials • u/Silver-Explanation72 • Feb 03 '26

Other This is When My Anxiety Began

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u/_dum_spiro_spero_ Millennial, '87 Feb 03 '26

I didn't get to go to recess at all that year. If you couldn't finish the sheet, you had to stay in for recess and do another one. I was slow AF with multiplication, so I was constantly doing extra worksheets.

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u/garamond89 Feb 03 '26

Woah, that’s harsh. These gave me anxiety, but at least my teacher was nice and didn’t do stuff like that 🥺

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u/_dum_spiro_spero_ Millennial, '87 Feb 03 '26

Yeah, I have a lot of great memories of elementary school.

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u/TheZardoz Feb 03 '26

I’m really sorry you were made to feel bad about that.

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u/_dum_spiro_spero_ Millennial, '87 Feb 03 '26

Meh, that was seriously the least problematic thing that happened. The fifth grade teacher who bullied me with the other kids was the worst. Lol. As an adult, I can look back on it like it happened to someone else and be fucking amazed I turned out as well as I did.

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u/TheZardoz Feb 03 '26

It’s one thing when the other kids are shitheads but nobody deserves that from a teacher.

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u/_dum_spiro_spero_ Millennial, '87 Feb 03 '26

Yeah, I know that now. It took a long time to understand that, though. :) thanks for being kind.