I have this EXACT problem. Whats worse the being lonely or being our of your comfort zone. For some reason I also choose being lonely...but I actually believe it might be the worst one!
The only things I do are watch movies, do uni work, mess around on the internet, skype my family and friends back home....but these things get very BORING!
I am always at home when i am not working, it feels like a prison cell
very rarely i go out for coffee or dinner with the handful of friends i still have
but never at night! this city is too dangerous, i d probably get beaten up
and murdered if i go out on a friday night with all the drunken fools around
I wonder if all SAers are scared of being out at night simply because it's dangerous... I'm always worried about being in town in the middle of the night, worrying about how I'm going to get home, what if I miss the last bus, etc... It's partly due to having overprotective parents, I'm sure, but I wonder if we are just overly cautious people in general or whether I'm just making excuses that hide the fact that I'd rather not go out at all...
Try and organise something with your friends if you can. I'm being a complete hypocrite here because (a) I have barely any friends these days and (b) I'm so scared of rejection that I won't organise anything myself, EVER - either I get invited to something (rare!) or I don't go out at all. Otherwise, I guess just use it as a night to wind down; do all your study during the week and have Friday nights off. That's what I do, if you ignore all the procrastination during the week so I end up just feeling guilty about having Friday night off...
I'm lucky enough to at least be able to go home on Friday nights; I'm only stuck in college Tuesday to Thursday. Three and a half days of utter hell! I feel sorry for you if you have to be there on the weekends as well!
last night under my covers as a mute trying to figure out if im dead, goodtimes