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Originally Posted by thesnowqueen
Perhaps you are now overly reactive to other people? Also, it sounds like you may be missing out on a lot of positive experiences as a result of avoiding situations that MIGHT be painful. (eg. not socializing).
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Socializing is weird for me. Not that I'm socially inept, because I can be quite socially smooth when I want to be, but people terrify me for a number of reasons.
I am afraid, among other things, that they will be distractions from the things I need to do. I am afraid something crazy about them will turn up after having known them for a long time (if I'm real picky about who I talk to, the chances of this are low, but WHAT IF AAAARGH). Stuff like that.
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Originally Posted by thesnowqueen
Therapy, in particular, cognitive therapy may help you understand yourself and be more KIND to yourself,
'I screwed up spectacularly'
doesn't sound like a balanced judgment of past events. A better understanding may help you make a decision which you are comfortable with.  |
Well, here's what happened:
I was depressed and I moved away from home. This was at another college. (As I said, I've got a 3.6 gpa now at the college I'm at now, so I'm doing fine.) When I was at that previous college, I was on academic probation, I had a handful of (admittedly crappy) roommates move out on me because they were apparently terrified of my depressed and anxious ***, I didn't keep the room halfway clean, I wasn't terribly hygienic, I generally ACTED distressed, and at one point my menstrual period became a 14-day cluster-you-know-what and I ended up in the emergency room.
I think my judgment is fairly balanced.