My problems didn't properly start until college, and the induction was straightforward. Mine might have been different though.. it was just for a few hours. I spoke to some of the teachers, didn't really talk to any students.. it wasn't like that.
You don't sound very happy about things in your post. Can I ask, do you actually WANT to go to college? Do you need to?
Personally I enjoyed high school better than college. My high school was rough (very rough) but I had loads of friends there, and I was kinda in a confort zone for 5 years. I did very well at the end of it too. I guess I grew up around these kind of people so I was very laid back. When I got to college it immediately started going wrong. I never settled into my subjects until late on, but mainly, I couldn't abide any of the people (well, very few). Nearly all the teachers were stiff upper lip, and the people.. just different. I'd probably call them "posh" compared to my high school lol. Or just stuck up arseholes. But I hated it. I felt sad for two years because everything seemed to have changed all at once compared to the last 16 years when I was carefree and surrounded by the type of people I grew up with. If you go to college you've got to make a big effort, because your life is starting to change now, and you've got to try and make the transition as comfortable as possible for your own sanity.
Joined: Jan 07, 2007 Posts: 582 Location: Lincolnshire
Posted: Mon Jul 07, 2008 6:55 pm Post subject:
Pinker wrote:
My problems didn't properly start until college, and the induction was straightforward. Mine might have been different though.. it was just for a few hours. I spoke to some of the teachers, didn't really talk to any students.. it wasn't like that.
You don't sound very happy about things in your post. Can I ask, do you actually WANT to go to college? Do you need to?
Thanks for sharing your experience, pinker.
No, I don't want to go to college, but I don't really have a choice.
My parents would certainly not let me not go, and i'm pretty sure that if I don't go I will never make anything of myself as i'd just let my SA hold me back all the time.
Because I got good grades in school, all my teachers, friends, my parents etc. all have these huge expectations of me, but I really don't think that I can live up to them. I'm trying my best, but the fear of going to college and potentially uni afterwards is killing me.
I don't feel like I have the option not to go, and really it will probably be the best thing for me to go.
_________________ Devon x
~ "I find it kinda funny, I find it kinda sad, the dreams in which i'm dying are the best i've ever had" ~
My problems didn't properly start until college, and the induction was straightforward. Mine might have been different though.. it was just for a few hours. I spoke to some of the teachers, didn't really talk to any students.. it wasn't like that.
You don't sound very happy about things in your post. Can I ask, do you actually WANT to go to college? Do you need to?
Thanks for sharing your experience, pinker.
No, I don't want to go to college, but I don't really have a choice.
My parents would certainly not let me not go, and i'm pretty sure that if I don't go I will never make anything of myself as i'd just let my SA hold me back all the time.
Because I got good grades in school, all my teachers, friends, my parents etc. all have these huge expectations of me, but I really don't think that I can live up to them. I'm trying my best, but the fear of going to college and potentially uni afterwards is killing me.
I don't feel like I have the option not to go, and really it will probably be the best thing for me to go.
I agree, I think it is best for you to go because if you do well it can give you lots of options in the future. Maybe in the end get a job you love. As I say though it is so so important to adopt a positive frame of mind. I didn't really bother to put myself out much and it was horrible most of the time. I had a really lonely time at college. Don't let that happen to you.
Joined: Dec 22, 2007 Posts: 604 Location: California
Posted: Tue Jul 08, 2008 12:44 am Post subject:
Wait I have one question. Are you going to college like later this year? Because I thought you were only 15!! Just making sure. And I wisj you the best of luck and hope you go.
Uni dragged me from the scruff of the neck and made me get over most of my 'issues'. The only way to get over this is to throw yourself into experiences and remember that if it all goes wrong, it doesn't bloody matter. I mean what are you risking? Loneliness?
If you want thinks you change you can to get yourself out there, if you make a few mistakes on the way, so be it. Even people without social phobia make an arse of themselves from time to time.
Joined: Jan 07, 2007 Posts: 582 Location: Lincolnshire
Posted: Tue Jul 08, 2008 7:00 am Post subject:
Psychedelicious wrote:
Wait I have one question. Are you going to college like later this year? Because I thought you were only 15!! Just making sure. And I wisj you the best of luck and hope you go.
I'm going in August.
Yes I am 15, i'm the youngest in my school year, as I only just got in because I was younger than everybody else.
Are you in America? College is different in America and the UK, I think.
Thanks for the replies everyone, I'm going to try my best to stay posotive!
_________________ Devon x
~ "I find it kinda funny, I find it kinda sad, the dreams in which i'm dying are the best i've ever had" ~
Joined: Dec 22, 2007 Posts: 604 Location: California
Posted: Tue Jul 08, 2008 8:22 pm Post subject:
coriander1992 wrote:
Psychedelicious wrote:
Wait I have one question. Are you going to college like later this year? Because I thought you were only 15!! Just making sure. And I wish you the best of luck and hope you go.
I'm going in August.
Yes I am 15, i'm the youngest in my school year, as I only just got in because I was younger than everybody else.
Are you in America? College is different in America and the UK, I think.
Thanks for the replies everyone, I'm going to try my best to stay posotive!
Ooh wow that is just sounds really early to me! Yes, I am in America. It's just that I am 16 and still am not able to go until I am 18 years old. Thanks for the reply and once again have fun !
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