Published on 12, July, 2020
I have started my second year at a small university. I didn't make any friends last year and now I am spending all my time on my own and I am feeling really bad about this. There are no clubs that do anything that I would be interested so I am spending all my time doing things on my own which is making me feel really down.
I have not had any friends in years and I used to feel ok about this but recently this has made me feel really down however I feel really anxious in social situations and I do not know how to start to make friends or even start to chat to people so I feel traped in a cycle.
indigocard Wrote:
You shouldn't feel pressure to be living a life where you are always doing something and hanging out with someone. It is okay to spend some time with yourself and it is also okay to have days where you don't feel ok. Feeling lonely at university is very common, and it should be spoken about more often.
I think you are right here. In the first semester of my first year, I was speaking with some non-autistic students and they also said how lonely they were and also how home sick they were :(