Hi, haven't posted here before, but am feeling so worried about my 18 year old son and if he should go to college. He is barely making it through high school, his grades are not going to get him into a good college, but we are hoping to hear back soon from his applications. He did already get rejected from one, but I wouldn't have thought that one a good choice anyway as it's a bigger school. The biggest problem is his anxiety is coming back again lately, something that has been mostly gone and we have just been dealing with the usual Crohn's symptoms. When he gets anxious all those symptoms get so much worse and he misses lots of school.
So am I asking too much to expect him to be like a "normal" kid and get a summer job and go away (not very far) to college? Most days he really wants to go, but sometimes it makes him very anxious and he had a panic attack and didn't go to school until noon yesterday. I am so worried about him, I think it would be a disaster if he didn't go, all his friends have basically ditched him when he got sick his freshman year and he is so isolated.
So am I asking too much to expect him to be like a "normal" kid and get a summer job and go away (not very far) to college? Most days he really wants to go, but sometimes it makes him very anxious and he had a panic attack and didn't go to school until noon yesterday. I am so worried about him, I think it would be a disaster if he didn't go, all his friends have basically ditched him when he got sick his freshman year and he is so isolated.