Afraid to go, Afraid to stay.
Posted by WorriedWarrior on 5/26/2008 7:37:00 PM
I graduated from high school in 2007. I was supposed to go to college in the fall, but the day I was supposed to move in, I locked myself in my room and cried for two days. I know it's stupid, but the fact that my whole lifestyle was going to change, I would have to make all new friends (something that doesn't really come easily to me), and I would be away from my safe, comfortable existance pushed me over the edge. I ended up commuting last year and I am on bipolar and depression medication. But I applied for housing at a local college in the fall, and now I'm starting to panic again. What if I can't go again. I love my family, but I can't spend the rest of my life with only my mom as my best friend (however happy that would make her, she's very clingy). I'm scared and feel very alone.
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I understand what you mean about having a clingy mom. Mine wouldn't even let me go to a whitesox game with some friends without her. It is difficult to say goodbye to the only world that you know, but you'll never know what is out there until you try. And everyone else is just as scared, so when I first went to college that fact made making new friends so much easier. We were all going through the same thing. And making friends in college is so much easier, because the maturity level is so much greater. It's OK, you can do it! And it's one the scariest things you will ever do, but jump in with both feet and see what's waiting for you on the other side.
Posted by G on 5/26/2008 10:39:00 PM (Report abuse)