AquaineBay wrote:
dragonsanddemons wrote:
Well, I must have worded something differently in my last Google search, because I finally found a supported living sort of thing that might work for me. The only problem is, the Web site says I'd have a roommate, and having a roommate my first year of college really messed up my mental health, just because I'm so unsuited to sharing main living areas with others. I sent an email asking if it's possible for me to do it without having a roommate, and am now awaiting a reply. I probably shouldn't get my hopes up.
Sharing a roommate could be bad but also could be good. It really depends on the roommate really. Technically you are "roommates" with your family I guess the only exception is maybe you don't have to share your personal room with someone. I had to share a room with my brother my whole life and it's annoying at times but, other times it has it's advantages.
Teaches you good skills as well like compromising and socializing! It has it's downsides and it's benefits as well. What would be the hardest part about sharing a room with someone if you don't mind me asking?
I really, truly
need a good amount of alone time and some space to be just mine. Living with my parents, that space is my bedroom, and they generally will leave me alone when I'm in there. I can never fully relax when other people are even present, and that really wears on me (granted it's less so with my family because I'm so used to them). It's not anything about my roommate specifically that made me have such a hard time in college, it's really just me. I think it's kind of like I need some time to be "off," but when other people are around, I always have to be "on."
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Yet in my new wildness and freedom I almost welcome the bitterness of alienage. For although nepenthe has calmed me, I know always that I am an outsider; a stranger in this century and among those who are still men.
-H. P. Lovecraft, "The Outsider"