Keep it simple.
You only have one life and it is a precious gift blessed upon you, go out and make the most of it!
Ask yourself, why are you at college? to learn cooking? to learn journalism? one day and sooner than later you will be in that kitchen or in the office of the newspaper following you dreams. Now where are the people you walked past everyday at college? Doing the same! Following their own dreams!
It's not good to look at someone and by body language think that they are thinking something of you, do you do that to other people? no! Keep focused on what you are trying to achieve.. you get a qualification, you get that job, you get paid, you can buy a car, go travel the world, buy a home, start a family. What is important for you right now is doing the best you can at the career you have chosen. Excellence comes at a price of hard work and dedication, so be excellent!
Try not to be popular, focus on quality by having a handful of trust-worthy friends and there are so many people you can say hello to and make friends with but what do you really want from them? Ideas about your future career? Invite them to go bowling, or go to the pub and have some down-time together? Just being friendly and chatting and relaxing for 10 minutes before going back into the library for another 3 hours of studying!
Depression, although can be due to a number of reasons, one thing you know is that you know when you are happy and when you are sad, sometimes you feel good and other times feel not so good.
Look after number one. YOU! Eat a good diet, vegetables, tomatoes, onions etc. Eat fruits - bananas, oranges, strawberrys.. feel good about what you eat, knowing it is positive and will make you happy. Try having some time to yourself once a week by going to a health spa, my local has a small pool, a jacuzzi and a sauna which you can do for £6! so something like that would relax you!
Try doing new things and challenging yourself. Go on to youtube and learn how to make a fun cake to share with your family. Learn how to paint. Research and plan trips to interesting things - London has so much fun stuff to do so go there!
Most importantly, draw up a timeline and put on there what you want to achieve and then fill in all the gaps of what you need to do to get there and before you know you have so much to be getting on with, making your life better FOR YOURSELF, that time will pass and you'll look back and be happy as you knew what you wanted and you went for!
So make your life happen! Good luck