End of freshman year in college with no friends?
I am an engineering student completing my second semester exams and I can officially say that I have made zero friends in my first year of college. All day I am either sitting in class taking notes, sitting in front of a computer in the library, or driving on the highway to or from the university/home. My only friends are those I had in high school and they have all gone to different universities, all but one went to an out-of-state college. I just feel absolutely no attachment or connection to this college or the people here. My high school friends on Facebook keep posting on the news feed about fun events they've had and the good times they've had with their college buddies, but I have nothing. It has been four months since I have actually hung out with anyone for fun; that was with two of my high school buddies... I feel like I only have the confidence to approach and begin to speak to a new person if they are there alone and I have something witty or memorable to say. I screen EVERYTHING I say, about to say, what the other person might say, what they might think of what I say, and because of that I hardly ever interact with anyone except my dad at home. I just feel like I'm not acting 18, more like I'm acting 75 or something.
Help I have ZERO friends!!!!?
I'm not even joking I mean literally exactly no friends. None at all. Not even one in my pathetic life. I used to have a close friend but not anymore. My life just is horrible. Going to school is like emotional torture. Every day I don't know where to sit or who to sit with because I have no friends or what to do during recess. I cry over this many times and it's making me very depressed. Everyone is having a great time while I'll always look back on my adolescence as the worst years of my life. People have talked to me before but I've pushed them all away. I'm very quiet, not shy just quiet. I'm not into groups or cliques I just wanted 2 or 3 close friends. That's ALL but nope instead everyone thinks that just because I don't talk means I'm not interested. I just don't feel a need to blab my mouth pointlessly all day long. It's almost like everyone just knows this secret to making friends that I've never learned. I'm so depressed it gets me every day and makes me cry. No one will give me a chance. I'm in middle school btw writing from my moms account. How can I make friends and not be a total loner like I currently am?!?!
No friends or social life - college freshman?
I've always been a pretty shy person, as long as I can remember. I had a few friends in high school, or so I thought. After junior year the group I hung out with started hanging out with each other all the time without me knowing. So I really don't have any high school friends that I still hang out with, (with the exception of 1). I came to a big state school because it is the #1 school in the country for my major, but I hate it here. I'm staying though because it makes sense education and career wise. Can't beat the program or location of the school. Coming into the year me and my roommate (friend from high school), felt awkward and kept the door closed most of the time. As a result we didn't really make any friends on our floor or in the dorm. He's transferring out this semester, and I'll be left with zero friends. All the people on my floor seem to get along really well and party all the time, so I feel really awkward walking around because I'm the only kid who doesn't hang out with them. I haven't been to a party, haven't ever had a girlfriend (or even kissed a girl), or anything yet. My Saturday nights consist of watching college football in my dorm, and going to bed at 11. I'm a pretty boring and shy person, so I can't hold, or even start a conversation. How do I become more social? I try and be sometimes, but I've pretty much given up. I just have nothing to say to anyone. I'm very unhappy right now. Sorry for the depressing post. lol. But any input would be nice.