Not sure where to start...

solowolf

New member
Hi there, you can call me Dominic. I am a twenty-four year old male college student. I think I suffer from social anxiety and depression. I am not necessary in good health condition at the moment. I only have a few friends because the idea of meeting people just frightens me. I am still waiting for my final exam's test result and it is really starting to bug me. I aced the other four courses for this semester and I am really anxious about knowing my final mark for this fifth course.

Also, most of the twenty something year olds at my college are employed. Unfortunately, I was wrongfully dismissed around March of last year. Definitely, I was depressed for months and never had the energy and motivation to seek for another menial job. Wish I could fit into the crowd.

However, enough is enough, I am currently trying to work up the courage to go out there to seek for a job, but I am currently still feel overwhelmed by the thought of going out again and meeting people and interacting with them. Wish someone could just talk to me or even help me here. Thanks for reading my post, guys.
 

singing-love

Well-known member
First of all, hi and welcome to the forum :)! I hope that you can find the information you seek here. Based on the fact that you aced your other four courses i am going to assume that you have done well with this one as well, as for your employment issues, i understand that it can be hard to go out and seek employment especially when there is the anxiety involved when meeting new people. I am sure that you can do it though you just have to have some faith in yourself, courage can be difficult but if you want something bad enough you will find some :). Interacting with others can be really hard and here we can all understand the feelings of anxiety around meeting new people. Best of luck with everything :)!
 
Fix your sleep schedule. Eat more vegetables. The courage will come after.

Erm... this is certainly a good thing to do, but it is by no means a magical fix for social anxiety. No you didn't explicitly say that but it was implied. Sleeping better and eating more healthfully may mitigate anxiety somewhat, but not much. Been there tried that. It makes you feel good in other ways, but it doesn't give you courage.
 

LazyHermitCrab

Well-known member
It's okay you're still pretty young. I think it's really great you're in college and trying! I wish I aced things more :p
 
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