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I Have Social Anxiety

I've just moved away for uni and am incredibly struggling with adapting to the situation whether it's actually in lectures or even in the flat. I stay in my room, maybe say a hi once a day and tend to only use the kitchen when I know everyone has went out. It's rather unsettling attempting to find comfort in the place your gonna call home for the next 3 years when you're rather inept to social cues
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RoyX54 · 36-40, M
Do you have any friends that stay were you are?
InsanityPursuit · 26-30, F
Absolutely none, most of my friends either study at complete different universities or are back home, for example, I've got one friend in Cambridge and that's on the completely opposite side of the country.
RoyX54 · 36-40, M
Maybe you should try to make friends. Not just anybody, but someone whose hard-working and is easy to relate with. Just an advice, do not have the mindset of been with the coolest people' or rather popular group. It does not help matters. It rather wastes a lot of valuable time you could use to improve or learn important things that are very Productive or inspiring. Try to relate with people around. You don't have to join them wherever they go. As you talk to people you learn about the kind of person he or she is by observing and seeing their tyoes if interest and you in turn learn about yourself :) Talking to a person is a natural thing. You don't have to force or look for how to talk with any person. Just be yourself and be free with expressing yourself.Just be careful to express yourself in such a way that your words are not offensive to the person you speak to. So knowing what type of person you want to talk or you happen to be talking to at any given time is important. Hope this helps :)
InsanityPursuit · 26-30, F
Thank you for that advice and I'll definitely take it on board. Honestly, I've never been too keen on such crowds anyhow, as a child, I socialised with everyone but once puberty hit, of course everyone found there clique. I've mainly spent my years of education make the one or two good friends, but I definitely know the type of people I enjoy hanging around, plus I'm the type of person I hate seeing anyone left out, one of the ways I've made friends in the past was by making them feel involved instead of on the outskirts. Most of my friend groups mainly depend on sense of humour, I can find almost anything funny if in the right context, but I know not everyone has the same sense of humour. Again, thank you for all the advice.
RoyX54 · 36-40, M
@InsanityPursuit: That's nice! You have an awesome personality :) You can update me on how your doing we never you'd like to talk :) Wishing you the vet Best! :)