Tuesday, 02 September 2014 07:16 PM
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I am such a plain jane, average looking girl and I have no idea how to change it! Girls my age look their age or older, I however look like a middle schooler still.
Tuesday, 02 September 2014 06:47 PM
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I don't know if I'll ever fit in socially. Large groups have always made me uncomfortable, and it's been coming to a head lately. I get scared around strangers, and that fear manifests itself in the irrational fear that everyone around me can hear everything I think. I know it's all in my head, but what if I make it true by saying everything out loud, in some kind of self-fulfilling prophecy? Psychology textbooks and case studies are rife with those sneaky motherfuckers.
The more scared of that thought I get, the worse my thoughts become. I think things that I don't mean at all; usually the worst possible thing I could think, if people can hear it. It happens to me everywhere, but the worst place is in class, because I've always prided myself on saying things that are relevant, cogent, correct, and helpful to the class, but with this going on I can't help but feel like a constant distraction.
All I want to do is be quiet and respectful, learning as much as I can. I like my professors, and go out of my way to converse with them, trying to pick out any clues in how they treat me that might help me figure out whether or not this is actually happening.
I do have a few friends, but few of them are in my classes, and sometimes they seem to be avoiding me, and I wonder if it's because I'm having a day where I stick out as particularly bat-shit crazy. It never seems to go well when I try to talk to new people, but this could easily be because they can sense the mind-numbing fear sucking my concentration away from the actuality of speaking with them.
Ocasionally in class, when parts of other people's conversations happen to make it to my ears, I'll hear things that I feel are about me. Today I heard "he's damaged." And just immediately thought, "Yeah." I don't know if that was out loud, but I know it was true, whether they were talking about me or not.
I've been fired from several of my recent jobs, and I'm afraid it's because of this problem, but I can't tell for sure, because I'm never given an explanation, and even if I was, how could someone actually say, "It's because every one of your thoughts happen out loud, and you think such fucked up shit that it scares/confuses/worries/distracts (take your pick) everyone here."
I'm terrified to show my face anywhere, especially on campus. More than that, I'm scared this problem will prevent me from making what I want to out of my life. But I won't let that happen. I'm going to finish college no matter what this is.
For now, I just need to know for sure: Is there a kid in any of your classes, nearly always at the back, that fits this description?
If so, I know you must want him to just shut the fuck up, and I promise you he wants the same thing. Just say yes if everything I'm afraid of is true... I promise, I'll find a way to stop bothering you.
Tuesday, 02 September 2014 06:10 PM
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Two things... How do you use a "block meal" in Davies? Like I get its a predetermined combo, but how does the cashier know you want it charged as a block meal (with my meal plan, so free) and not a regular meal that charges your meal plan dollars? Secondly, is it weird to take the bus up the hill? I walked by the bus stop behind Davies today around 7:25ish and no one was standing there to go up the hill. That is the right stop/bus, right? I have knee problems and can't walk the hill without extreme pain. I confess I am dumb, haha