Once I came to college, I thought I would have a million friends who I would hang out with, party 24/7, that life at college was going to be “lit” and just have the best four years of my life on this campus.
However, instead of partying 24/7, I feel lonely 24/7.
It’s not that I’m not happy or anything, I just constantly feel this loneliness.
It’s like what Taylor Swift says in 22, “We’re happy, free, confused and lonely at the same time.”
That’s exactly how I feel.
Although I have friends, I haven’t really found anyone that I would say I’m super super close with, and instead I often find myself in my dorm room, at the library, or just somewhere on campus. Alone.
The friends that I made freshman year and thought would later be my bridesmaids, I don’t really talk to anymore.
To them I was more like, “whoa, you don’t have anyone to hang out with either? Let’s do everything together so I don’t have to look like a deer in the headlights.”
Anyways, whenever I talk to people about being lonely, they almost always tell me something on the lines of “just wait, it’s because you haven’t met the right people yet!”
But hey, it’s already sophomore year and, where are they?
It’s not that I don’t have any friends.
I know people, I say hi to them when I pass by them, I just don’t have people that I have a deep connection to.
And to be completely honest, my phone doesn’t help much with my loneliness.
I know social media is kinda sorta fake, but still.
Everyone looks happy on snapchat.
They all look like they have at least five best friends that they always go out to eat brunch with.
And then there’s me.
I guess what I really want to say is that feeling lonely in college is normal.
You can be surrounded by people, but still feel alone at the same time.
It’s not just you feeling lonely.
We’re all going through this “I’m so lonely” period.
I guess we just need to accept the fact that things take time, and we have to be more patient.
But to be completely honest, I’m probably going to complain about how lonely I am for a while.