-- Posted by Anonymous at 11:05 am on Sep. 9, 2008 it's so overwhelming & i'm so stressed .. it's still early but i feel like i get in a sad mood pretty often cause it's hard for me to adjust :( then i just don't feel like putting the effort into socializing anyone went through the same experience their freshman year .. did it get better? -- Posted by 420mike at 11:06 am on Sep. 9, 2008 I dunno about getting better.. But i'm in the same position. I'm sick of all the fucking socializing.  I never get time to myself. -- Posted by The Artery at 11:06 am on Sep. 9, 2008 Possibly, once I start. -- Posted by TechnoShark at 11:07 am on Sep. 9, 2008 I'm going through the same thing. It really sucks. But I know I just need to get the hang of it and I'll be fine. -- Posted by Ldzpln at 11:07 am on Sep. 9, 2008 I hate socializing too. i like having friends, not making them -- Posted by EmmitWinchell at 11:08 am on Sep. 9, 2008 went through it and stayed that way for a year or so then made a few friends and it got better. Just dont be a room hermit is all I will say. -- Posted by MusicalSuicide17 at 11:08 am on Sep. 9, 2008 Ya I went through that too. I'm sure its just nerves you'll get over it. -- Posted by 420mike at 11:09 am on Sep. 9, 2008 Quote: from ldzpln at 2:07 pm on Sep. 9, 2008 I hate socializing too. i like having friends, not making them EXACTLY -- Posted by shen10200 at 11:16 am on Sep. 9, 2008 im going through it right now. its sucks because i see every1 talking and i have nobody. its just alot to et used to in college. u can message me if u want to talk more -- Posted by branflakes at 11:23 am on Sep. 9, 2008 f you don't go out and meet people now, you'll really regret it later -- Posted by TigressaLynnMae at 2:01 pm on Sep. 9, 2008 If you don't go out and meet people now, you'll really regret it later I never went out and met people. I associated with classmates, and then made friends with a few of them, but I never went out of my way to meet new people, and, three years later, I'm still not regretting it. I have a good boyfriend, a great family, best friends, and a fantastic job/education. -- Posted by fenderbass2122 at 7:29 am on Sep. 10, 2008 Yeah dude. I'm not really in the same boat as you because TONS of my old best friends came to my college. Now I do know that I am greedy and I want to meet everyone. I want people to know me and I want to know them so I'm having trouble doing that but with my best friends around it makes it a lot easier. If you ever need to ask me something just message me. -- Posted by fenderbass2122 at 7:31 am on Sep. 10, 2008 Oops. What I have learned best is that leaving your dorm room door open makes you seem social. People come by and hang out with you. Just last night some random kid from down the hall came in with his guitar and started jammin with me. The problem for me has been meeting people in class kind of. It's not hard it's just that I am sooooo tired, I am somewhat anti social. Now today I'm wired on caffeine and I'm actually ready to go out and be myself. (probably adrenaline because my damn roommate was searching for some piece of paper with a mag-lite all night long.) Go to your dorm events, play sports, go to the rec center. Everyone is in the same boat and they all want to meet people so just go do it. -- Posted by TigressaLynnMae at 12:40 pm on Sep. 10, 2008 What I have learned best is that leaving your dorm room door open makes you seem social. Can't do that, at my dorms. Leaving your dorm door open is a 50$ fine. 100$ the second time...150$ the third...so on, and so forth. -- Posted by fenderbass2122 at 9:37 am on Sep. 11, 2008 What in the hell. Seriously? That's dumb. Everyone in ours leaves them open so we can just walk in and hang out with people. It's how people know that you are open for anyone to come in. You can just be walking down the hallways, see someone playing xbox live and be like hey wanna start a game? Get involved with your dorm wing. We had karaoke night last night in our cafeteria (we are a music/arts school) so a few people actually could sing, but the rest of us were terrible and it was just fun to do. Our wing is going paintballing sometime soon, we have gaming tournaments, movie nights. It's an easy way to meet people. My goal this week was to start meeting people in class and I have done pretty well.