tiredandsad
New member
Hi everyone, I just joined this forum because I have no one to talk to. I have struggled with social anxiety/shyness for a very long time; around others, I feel like a complete misfit that no one wants to invest any time in. Even though I am rather introverted, this does bother me since I would like to have friends to do things with at times (I can count the number of friends I have on one hand, if that gives you an idea of my social network). Currently, I am going through college and studying abroad, but so far living and socializing overseas has been just as painful and trying as it was back home; this makes me feel like a hopeless case. Every day has been a bad day over the last few weeks, and I'm worried that I may get really depressed and actually commit suicide. My expectations for studying abroad weren't really high or anything, but everthing is turning out so horribly. It seems as if I am just some stupid American that doesn't belong at the university; I don't even think that the other Americans I have met think much of me either, which I wish I could figure out why. It's as if there is an awful, unapproachable vibe people get from me. Please, if someone else has a similar situation, I would like to hear it.