It’s not drama if you’re actually drowning. Say so.

Fear of looking like you want attention keeps people quiet at exactly the moment they most need to speak. Drama means noise made out of nothing, which is not the same as a real signal from somebody in trouble. If the situation is genuinely serious, naming it is not a performance. It is the correct response, and the people who matter will treat it that way.

If you are in that position, say it to one person today in the plainest words you have. A friend, a parent, a teacher, a counsellor. You do not have to explain it well or make a case for it being bad enough.