Today was the first day of a new semester in college. I decided to retake a class with a professor that previousely tried to fail me. The reason my professor tried to fail me in the past was because of my lack of attendance due to dealing with depression and anxiety, luckily I dropped the class in time (his suggestion). Since I have recovered and put my life back in order. I thought that I had a second chance to prove myself worthy. Before the semester started, I knew in advance that I would have to miss 1 day of class close to a holiday because I would be visiting out of town relatives. Attempting to be responsible I sent an email to my professor before the first day of class to inform him and collect any work in advance. The next day in class, my professor mentioned how unhappy he was out loud to the class that a student emailed him already about missing a day during the semester, and how I had “all summer to plan for a vacation, but have to take one during the semester” and that I needed to “get my life together”. As someone with anxiety, this triggered me. I immedietly left the class crying and had an axiety attack. I then immediatly got out my laptop, dropped the class and switched to a new professor.

I decided to email my professor later that night, letting him know that I felt his comment was unessecary and told him about my depression and anxiety. Now I don’t know if I did the right thing or not and feel emberassed. I’m asking for some advice and outside opinions.