Sophie Morris

Hello I'm sophie but most poeple call me lucy and I am an identical twin. I live in Lincolnshire UK with my mum and 2 sisters. I have a a third sister but she lives with her boyfriend in London. My dad lives and works in london during the week and at the weekend he lives in a nearby town with his wife.

I' currently studying my GCSE's at home and will be taking the exams in june.

Last year, at the beginning of year 10 I started getting very stressed and angry more frequently. I used to cry evry morning before school and get very frustrated at teachers and my family. I then tried to make excuses not to go to school and if i did go to school i'd make sure that every one knew I wasnt happy! This continued to happen for about a month until it got so bad that I just didnt even turn up to school. My mum and my teachers began to worry. My mum then thought that I had depression so she took me to see a doctor. They said that I did not have teenage depression or any kind but if this carried on they would have to look into it.

By now I had missed about 2 months of school and I was beginning to really loose my way. Eventually my school stepped in and got me to talk to three poeple to see if they could find an answer. None of them were paticually helpful and none of them had an answer to my problem.

Although I couldn’t go school I needed to do my work, however I did not want to leave my friends from school. So instead I became home-schooled for 90% of the time and I go into school for two of my lessons. To this day no one really knows why I had to leave but I think I may know.

I know there are other children out there who are the same as me, some the same age some older or younger, and I would love to meet and talk to others in my situation and help those who think they are similar.

I could not have gone through this without the support of my parents and sisters and I’m so grateful for everyone. I hope to get 7 GCSE's and continue my education in a school next year.