The only thing you can do is try to explain, see your professor, your advisor, and go over the situation, hope they'll understand. If you do nothing, then they'll figure you just don't care about the class.

Hey hun,
funnily enough I just went to have my graduation photos take this morning! Anyway I had the same prob as you-and at my uni the rule was that if you missed more than 3 seminars in a semester they would fail you on attendance-which would either mean they would give you a lower grade or fail you completely.
I had some semesters where I missed like 6-but I spoke to my doc and my head of faculty and they were really really nice and accomodating. they can't fail you if you have a medical note backing you up-obviously missing exams or coursework deadlines might cause issues, but for actual lessons you should be ok. You might also consider talking to your uni counsellors-they offered me loads of support-and are normally willing to speak to your tutors on your behalf if you want them to.
hope this helps...

The only thing I can think of is giving them a doctors note.

Thanks everyone. I just wrote my seminar tutor an email. I hope it goes okay. I will be stressing like crazy until I get a reply. Blossom I didnt know I could FAIL by not attending. I hope my uni is different as they just said we'd get reported whoever knows what that means. But fingers crossed and if they kick up a storm I will go to the doc to get a medical note. Thanks again xxxx

yeah, you might want to go tothe doc and get a note to have on hand if asked. you might also want to set-up a meeting with your advisor, guidance person or whatever they call them at your uni. that way you will have documentation that you are not only in distress butalso attempting to get help to return to a more healthier you.

Im going through the same thing at the moment. You havent screwed up but what maridon said in his/her reply is correct. Just go and see your academic advisor. I am deferring a semester because I was having a hard time coping this term and then just fell flat on my face. Youre not alone. I pray that things work out for you, just take a deep breath and figure out a plan of action taking into consideration your circumstances. Good luck :-)

I hope it works out for you. I would think that if you explain your situation they would work with you. It's so frustrating because depression, anxiety, etc are real illnesses/medical conditions. I would see if there is an office for students with disabilities because there may be some protections/rights that you have that you're not aware of. I had a friend who has an anxiety disorder and his school made certain accomodations for him. Good luck and hang in there