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Since starting Yr13 I've been feeling really down...for a number of reasons I think. Most of my closest friends have gone off to uni and I feel like I'm not as close with my friends in my own year as I have been - have felt really lonely at school so far. Also at my orchestra out of school - again, all my close friends have left, and unlike last year, when I absolutely loved orchestra, this year I hate it so much :frown:

Plus just general school worries - loads of work atm, worrying that I won't get into uni or that I'm not cut out for uni or something - I often don't sleep at night because I'm such a worryer :frown:

Have extremely little self confidence which doesn't help matters.

I know loads of people feel this way at this time of year - but everything's just really getting me down, and I haven't really got anyone to talk to about it! Not sure what I want people to say to this...just offer comforting words maybe :smile:

Reply 1

britishseapower

14

I think everyone worries that they might not get into uni or that their not cut out for it, I definitely didn't think I was good enough to be able to go but my college tutors inspired me alot and even when I arrived, I didn't think I would see my first year out but I've just started my 2nd year and I didn't do too bad grade wise in my first year. You just have to have a bit more faith in yourself, if I can do university, anyone can. I wasn't exactly a high achiever at school, you see people on these forums advertising 20 A* at GCSE and stuff but I never had anything like that, it was only at college that my fortunes turned around.

Reply 2

britishseapower

14

As for friends going off to uni, I know exactly how you feel as I had to have an involuntary gap year when I left school and I went a different college from the one that school leavers from my school traditionally went to so I had no friends at all from school pretty much but I made some good friends at college and the same goes for uni so there is no need for you to be alone, you just have to open yourself up to people a bit more.

Reply 3

Anonymous #1

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britishseapower

As for friends going off to uni, I know exactly how you feel as I had to have an involuntary gap year when I left school and I went a different college from the one that school leavers from my school traditionally went to so I had no friends at all from school pretty much but I made some good friends at college and the same goes for uni so there is no need for you to be alone, you just have to open yourself up to people a bit more.

Thanks. I'm not an outgoing person though, and hate 'opening up' to people - and since friend groups have obv been established for a while, I can't just integrate into new groups...stupid as it sounds I'm scared they'll laugh at me or whatever.....it's not like I don't have any friends, I've obv got quite a few, I just didn't realise how much I miss the other lot! I find that as time goes on I'm just getting to be more and more reclusive, and this doesn't bode well for uni!! It's weird because I moved schools last year, and managed perfectly well to integrate into the new sixth form - and somehow this year it's just completely different! Argh!

Reply 4

britishseapower

14

I'm the same, I only have a couple of mates at uni so I'm a bit of a loner most of the time but I'm trying to put myself out there a bit more this year, nothing too dramatic, just making the effort to start conversations or at least speak to people when otherwise I wouldn't have bothered as its alot easier to not try

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