as a last resort im turning to tsr, but,
i'm a week or so away from the end of my first year. this hasnt been the best year - i hardly spoke to my flat apart from brief conversations and the people in my block were quite unfriendly or involved in the groups they knew prior to uni. but i made friends that i am living with next year and a few from my course, more so in these last few weeks.
my problem is that i dont feel like i am close to any one, or know half as many people as the other people i know do. I feel like i am not part of a group and am not appreciated, plus i really miss my old group of friends which was really tight knit. Lots of people i know seem to have known people anyway from their home, and my old friends seem to be having loads of fun at uni, meeting loads of new people that are all part of a close group.
Basically i feel very lonely a lot of the time and for the past month and a bit i have been crying a lot and have felt completely hopeless, i just feel so pathetic. i cant think positively and everything down to the city my uni is in makes me upset when i think about it. Has anyone felt like this in first year and found more happiness in second year? I am planning on joining societies and getting a job next year but i am dreading not knowing whether the rest of uni will be the same as it has been.