I know what you mean about life seeming infinitly complicated. Thank goodness it only comes at me one day at a time. If I stopped and thought about it though (which I do sometimes), I would get paralyzed by the impossibility of being able to handle it. Kind of like stopping and thinking about how I know where the letters are while I'm typing. It makes it hard to type.

So I don't think it's that other people are fine with the complexity, I think they just don't worry about it like I do.

But, I've learned that usually the power company sends a note or calls before they cut off my power for forgetting to pay the bill. There are jobs where I can make big mistakes every once in a while and it's not a disaster. There's a lot of grace in the world, thank goodness. I was thrilled when my son learned to talk so that I knew that he could remind me if I forgot to feed him or something. (Ok, I only did that once, and he just grabbed food out of my hand, so turns out I didn't have to worry about forgeting to feed him.)

So yeah, I can't do life perfectly, but I am learning how to do it well enough. And therapy helped a bunch. So what the heck, start therapy, if the therapist does say, "Man up you whiny baby, there's nothing wrong with you", you can come back and start an "I told you so" thread. And it's OK, you don't have to have a diagnosis all figured out before you go.

A therapist should only go where you want to go and deal with whatever "insignificant" problem you have. You can alwys stop if you don't like it or if it seems worthless. You might just love it though. In any case, you'll probably make their day when you go.

And isn't counseling free in college?