u/antsonaflask

I’m student teaching right now and all my lessons have gone completely fine. I’m teaching ELA to high school freshman. But I also spend hours and hours every day planning them and stressing out. I wake up every morning crying and hyperventilating because I am so scared my lesson is going to fail. My cooperating teacher says I’m doing a really good job but I’m scared if I calm down or hold myself to a bit lower of a standard my lessons will not be as good and that I will end up failing.

I seriously can’t calm down. I am now only eating maybe once a day because I am so stressed while I’m at school. I really want this to be my career someone please tell me this gets better or some ways to deal with it? Maybe some things I should tell myself?

Someone also just posted a Reddit post about how people should not become a teacher because things are just getting worse and that didn’t make me feel any better lol. Just pls help I’m struggling

Yall I just broke down crying and had to run to the bathroom. I just feel so stupid compared to everyone else in our class and like I suck at this idk i struggle with the exit tickets apparently I just feel so dumb and like I’ll never be able to do this by myself

My cooperating teacher says that the ones I choose are not relevant and he’s correct which makes me freak out even more. I’m just very tired and haven’t had the time or energy to speak to anyone outside of my school so I feel isolated and drained and so alone.