Petition Letter
During the second semester of third year, I began to deal with serious anxiety issues that began to impact both my sleeping ability as well as my studying ability. If I were to pinpoint a certain occasion that brought a great deal of stress into my life, it would be on February 8th, 2015, the day my father lost his battle with cancer. Up until the end of third year of university, i had suppressed this stress and never sought out any help with letting it out. This stress continued to boil until it got to the point that I couldn't sleep at night, constantly hyperventilating and calling my mom at 3 in the morning, begging her to help calm me down. This took a toll on my functionality during the day as I was too tired and anxious to focus on my studies. As a result, my grades began to really fall. It was seemingly every second of the day that the terrible thoughts would start to surface of how badly I'd fail and how my life would be over as a result.