I had problems that started before High School and they had gotten worse by the time I reached college. I took 1/2 yr off as a sophomore to decide what I wanted to do. Painting houses was not my idea of making a living so I went back to school. When I got to PSU main campus it overwhelmed me and in my Jr yr had a nervous breakdown, took a leave of absence and tried to get help. I got a degree but 25 yrs later I'm not in much better shape. Take time off and try to get things together.

In my Jr year I had trouble taking tests: stuck in a room with at least 125 people in small desks, arm-to-arm, people coughing, dropping books, turning pages. I was extremely oversensitive, easily distractable and all of the sound seemed amplified. I could not hold my concentration to save my life and got 2 D's and 2 F's that semester.