My college situation was similiar....few friends.....being told I needed to go to counseling...........distorted perceptions...I, too, didn't want to tell my parents, what I was going through.....the leaders of the campus group I joined, did tell my parents eventually....my parents had me transfer to a college of the same caliber, only 12 miles away from their house....some semesters I lived with my parents, some tried different dormitories, both good, and bad experiences, under the knowledge I could move back home whenever, I needed to...for summers, both high school and college friends were around...could you show your parents what you wrote here? Or confide in an Aunt or Uncle? Invite your parents to sit in at one of your sessions? You may feel rediculous and hated, yet here, at psychcentral, you are loved and understood What about joining a support group, that way, you would have others with the same problems to relate to...you can come through this, conquer it, and put it behind you- I did