<p>If the title didn't make it apparent, I'm not exactly having a fabulous time in college. Actually I completely despise it...</p>
<p>For some background information I go to a local college and still live at home. I've never been a social person in the slightest and even being near people makes me feel horrible. But I took the advice of others and tried to be social...which resulted in myself wanting to lock myself in the house and never leave again. Aside from my dread of the social aspect of college I absolutely cannot stand the work. It's so pathetically easy and unrelated to any of my interests it honestly makes the week drag on, hell even the classes for my major are completely uninteresting and they're making me hate my major. A major change would be nice, but I have no idea what I would even go into. I never thought of a career because honestly doing the same thing for the rest of my life always sounded more like a death sentence than something enjoyable. I just want to work simple "crappy" jobs and live a modest life...I don't want what my family wants of me, and I honestly never wanted to go to college in the first place.</p>
<p>I know this is very jumbled and stupid...I can't articulate my feelings well at all and my thoughts tend to stray in every which way they choose.</p>
<p>Anyway, can you offer any advice to a people hating, academia loathing, pseudo-shut in?</p>
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<p>You should probably sort out this contradiction first before asking for advice.</p>
<p>Solve the contradiction?
Alright.
I’d rather get paid to do jobs outside of my realm of interest instead of paying to sit around in a lecture hall to hear about things outside my realm of interest.</p>
<p>Why does it have to be one or the other, what you’re saying is there is no possibility of you having a job or college major that relates to your interests?</p>
<p>I’m not a particularly positive person. More of a pessimist really.</p>
<p>Don’t waste the time or money at a college you hate. Leave college after this semester. Learn a marketable trade at your local community college and get a job. You can always decide to earn a college degree at a later date.</p>
<p>Why don’t you take time off and volunteer somewhere far away, for a while. You might come back with a whole new perspective.</p>
<p>How about majoring in something you’re interested in? You’ll have to take pre-reqs no matter what, kind of like real life where sometimes you get some really lame boring projects at work. Might as well pick a major that you enjoy.</p>
<p>“I know this is very jumbled and stupid…I can’t articulate my feelings well at all and my thoughts tend to stray in every which way they choose.” This statement, coupled with your statement that “…even being near people makes me feel horrible” makes me think maybe there is more going on here than meets the eye. Have you ever been evalutated for ADD, Asperger’s, learning disorders, etc? Sometimes people who are very bright are still not successful in school because of other issues that interfere with learning. The fact that your thoughts are jumbled, you dislike being around people to an extreme degree, and that work is so easy for you that you are bored, suggests that maybe you need to explore why these things are happening. Good luck!</p>
<p>"“I know this is very jumbled and stupid…I can’t articulate my feelings well at all and my thoughts tend to stray in every which way they choose.” This statement, coupled with your statement that “…even being near people makes me feel horrible” makes me think maybe there is more going on here than meets the eye. Have you ever been evalutated for ADD, Asperger’s, learning disorders, etc? Sometimes people who are very bright are still not successful in school because of other issues that interfere with learning. The fact that your thoughts are jumbled, you dislike being around people to an extreme degree, and that work is so easy for you that you are bored, suggests that maybe you need to explore why these things are happening. Good luck!"</p>
<p>No one can just be a little different ? Leave the OP alone , I can’t stand most college kids ether, the crap everyone is concerned and whining about is so silly to me . </p>
<p>Have you seen that episode of South Park, where stan seeings that everything is really crap. Your going though that . Here’s a thought, find what you want to do, if you can’t stand people be a programmer , and I’m sure their are some rare people who don’t aggervate you . </p>
<p>Like for the year or so I was a full time student( i’m normally working and schooling half time) , I couldn’t stand most people at school . Their where some really cool people, but then its like we’d have little arguments over stuff like, "hey, don’t report someone serving ( retail too ) you , unless you want to get them fired ".</p>
<p>Here’s my tip, find something your good at, and go for that(within reason, if you like meditating you can’t really be a pro meditater(aside from teaching, and you don’t like dealing with people) ). Everything else will fall into place .</p>
<p>Sorry midterms kept me tied up from replying to this, but you all give some very helpful advice.
@nysmile - I’m looking into that right now actually.</p>
<p>@LeftyLou - I’d probably not volunteer, but if I could save up the money seeing some different places around the world might do me some good.</p>
<p>@Thismortalsoil - I thought art is what I wanted to major in, but honestly I think I just need to pick up a practical skill because dear god the mainstream art community is driving me insane.</p>
<p>@takeitallin - I’ve been diagnosed with social-anxiety but that was totally just a diagnosis to put me on some mind numbing medication and make me sit in a group and talk about how “my fee fees are hurt and that’s why i’m socially anxious :’(” when actually it’s because I think people are idiots. -shrug-</p>
<p>@thisislife - I actually tried programming before and I wasn’t very good at it, but I get the point you’re making. I guess I should just do some soul searching and try to find my muse…because art is certainly just a hobby for me now, not a career path.</p>
<p>Thank you all again for the tips and advice.</p>