Tuesday, October 20, 2015
Fish In The Sea
http://aspergers101.com/higher-education-ready-support-students-aspergers-disorder-part-1/
The beginning of freshman year can be the most exciting time in a person life. More times than not, you are excited to put her high school drama behind you and start a new, awesome life at your school of choice. You have daydreams about instantly having innumerable friends, being in the “cool” sorority or frat, snagging her dream man or girl with ease, and acing every class with little to no effort.
In a dream world, college is the perfect place to be the person you’ve always wanted to be. But what happens when you miss your friends from home, the “cool” sorority or frat doesn’t ask you back, and class is much more stressful than you ever could have imagined? Unhappiness can quickly set in, and in more extreme cases, depression can become a way of life.
So can you imagine the high depression of those who leave there families and friends from small towns and find it even more harder to adjust to bigger city colleges that may move to fast for their laid back lifestyle.
I remember when I spoke to this girl in my biology class we randomly started an conversation then she talked about how she misses her family and her home made her feel sad all the time. she said when her parents dropped here off at college she figured she will be fine. But it was such a huge change. She was so used to the comforts of her house, her family always being around, here mom’s food, having a car, and just being in her town.
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I'm only about two hours away from my family, a junior in college, and I still miss them every day. Thankfully we have Skype and can see our loved ones' faces in a matter of minutes if we need to.
ReplyDeleteYea thank god for technology making distance from loved ones a thing of the past with Skype and Facetime
DeleteThis is a great post. I can't fully relate because I still live with my parents, but I definitely feel for those that are homesick on campus.
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