*Ok so I guess this is going to be one of those awkward teenager threads where I talk about my going off to college for the first time next year and my fears for the future.

Regardless its all true. I feel though that because I'm depressed and intensely socially inept these feelings are amplified more than a "regular" facing these changes. I realize that going off to college will be like a 24 hour social situation. I can't just run home when I do or say something stupid anymore, I have to live with these people. Its unavoidable and it scares the living daylights out of me. Having a safe place was one of the things that kept me..together really as I could express my feelings (i.e crying listening or to loud music) freely in my own room. And now that will be gone too. I know that my lack of good social skills will hurt me in college, and i feel like I will be for the lack of a better term "eaten alive" in such a scene. I don't know maybe I'm just being paranoid, but I'd like to strengthen my social skills before going, I'm just not sure how exactly to go about it.