louiseykins
07-02-2010, 05:48 AM
Ok, I'm new here, i've been reading the posts and thought i'd share my experience!! recently I've been worrying alot about starting university in September. I'm scared of moving out, meeting new friends, being able to do the work etc etc. I started last year but found it hard to make friends and adapt to the change so I quit after a month. After doing that, I had to find a job which took me 3 months to find something, they kept me on for a month before they let me go and was left to find something else. I've since got another job which is part time, only 5 hours but its better than nothing I suppose. However, I seem to always have an anxious feeling, when meeting new people and going to new places. It feels like i'm going mad, like everything is surreal. It never used to be this bad but its got to the point where I have to push myself to do everything. I now think people who I haven't met don't like me and feel really self-concious when I'm out. I used to love to socialise but now I just want to lock myself away which makes the worrying worse. I've been to the doctors & they have referred me to councelling which is going to take ages with a waiting list, i've read about cognitive behavioural therapy which sounds really good but I dunno whether I should go for it or not, i'd have to go private to see someone now and thats really expensive. I just really want to feel better for uni but the way i feel now its not going to happen :(. Thanks for reading & i'm glad i'm not alone feeling like this!