Basically I'm struggling with the idea that I have to go back to university this weekend.
I've tried to make friends with the people in my flat, on my course and in my societies, but I seem to have failed. There's only one person that I could really say I get on with (they're on my course) and they've already signed up to move into a house next year with people from their current flat; leaving me with nobody to move in with with next year.
I have effectively spent the 11 weeks I've been at uni so far getting through the weeks only by telling myself that I can go home at the weekend or the one after (I'm at the University of Bath which is about 2.5 hours away from my home), which I don't believe to be a sustainable, or honestly healthy, way to be living.
It's not that I'm struggling with the work either; I'm finding the academic side of the course fine. I'm still enjoying the subject as much as I did before I started at university and am happy with my choice in that respect.
So I think the trouble is just that I'm a very family orientated person. I have some wonderful friends at home that I've made over the last 7 years or so, but even still I have always preferred to be with my parents and siblings. It may be that this level of dependence on my family is sad but I can't help it, it's just the way I am. I even got homesick when I went to Reading festival with my friends last year, and that was unimaginably more fun than uni has been so far.
I wanted to know if anyone had any thoughts or advice for me; I've been considering transferring to a more local university where I could commute by train or possibly move in with some of my existing friends, could that be a feasible solution? Or is it that I need to force my self to grow up a bit and force my self to get on with it?
Any (constructive) comments would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks in advance,
Tim.