I hate it here in college!

[DanteZombie]

I'm a freshman and this is my first week of college (had a orientation week before school started though). So far I've made some really good friends and hang out with them during lunch and afterwards and stuff. I love my classes and my work study job and my extracurricular stuff I do. It is all great and I love every aspect of it! I don't even mind all the work and stuff I have to do!

However, I HATE it here! When night time comes and I don't have anything left to do except surf the web and watch videos I feel so awkard. I can hear people outside doing stuff, I can just hear and sense everyone around me. To make it worse I always feel really awkward because I don't really know or talk to my roommate. He is never in the room except at night and he sleeps. We have never talked. I know he is really popular with the jocks on campus. I don't know where he goes, nor do I really care. What bugs me is how horrible he makes me feel. I'm so out of shape and I don't socialize that much. I feel like
A) He is going to come in and judge me
B)He is going to bring people over and they are going to judge me

SHORT VERSION:I just don't like it here! I'm constantly surrounded by people so I can't really destress and I feel like I should be doing something productive 24/7 but I can't. Advice?

[Emerald Dream]

Moving this to where it may be more relevant -

TWPR :arrow: Education and Careers

[Camazotz]

My advice is to get out there and start socializing with other people. I totally get where you're coming from, and I'm on the shy/anti-social side too (aside from friends), but now's the time when you have to get out of your comfort zone and talk to people and try to make other friends. Don't worry about people judging you, a lot of people are shy and this is their first time in a college environment.

Best thing to do (although I totally get that it's tough to start) is go to your floormates (knock on their door or meet them in the common room), introduce yourself, and just join in on some conversations.

[sqishy]

Ah yes. Someone else like me who is socially awkward and not easy to get on with others I don't know before. I can't really help, apart from saying that you might just need to push your comfort limits by being more social than you can ever normally make yourself do.

This is a problem for me; I am intending to stop it with my final year at secondary school, by simply being more social.