Forgot how hard socializing is...

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Nice as summer break was, I was pretty eager to get back to school... and then I actually showed up.

I had forgotten how hard it is to socialize with people! Absence makes the heart grow fonder, I guess. I've been in school for a week and I don't like how things are going. I'm withdrawing into myself (it literally feels like I am in a bubble), avoiding people, shrinking away, and what have you.

Any coping advice or strategies would be much appreciated, or just some words of encouragement. I really want this to be a good year-- it's my last year in school, after all.

PS: Is there even a point in trying to make friends this late in the game? I mean, in a few months we'll all part ways, and the thought of building a relationship with someone and then never talking again is really unbearable. I already have friends, yes, but we never really talk or communicate at all. And I never go anywhere with people other than my parents, so I don't see anyone outside of school.

Honestly it's really only the people you have nothing in common with who will actually disappear. I remember being terrified of exactly the same thing (or the ways girls see it anyways) and while my work and my friends' schools have demanded a lot of patience, my social life hasn't been erased.

Nice leekspin avatar...

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I'm no expert, but what had worked for me is observing, paying close attention to what is being said and how it is said to determine if there is common ground with others.

Tell me about it, I was out of school for 5+ years and now I'm back...