antisocial in college

[worrywart]

Hi Everyone,
i'm in need of some advice, ever since College started i've been really anti-social. i don't see my close friends anymore, and i feel really bored by myself and studying all the time. just curious, can this develop into a psychological disorder? like schizo or social phobia?

[FragrantMemory]

Firstly, I would say no - you said BORED, not lonely (which leans more toward the dependent, needy side).
I've become relatively less social in college too, in that I always decline most proposals to hang out. Why? Because I'm busy. However, I do get my fair share of interactions with humans - teachers, classmates(sometimes too much, more than I would like - some of them won't let me be), and of course my family. I'm assuming you do too, unless you have all online classes and live alone. I sure hope not, dawg.

Just get out more. You don't necessarily have to hang out with friends - go out to the mall, do some window shopping, go to the cinema so that it's not just the silence buzzing in your ears. Perhaps you just need reassurance about the existence of the world around you - maybe that's what led you to worry and ask these questions.
(Dude, today was Black Friday. You don't normally get a good crowd going like that during any other time of the year, dawg - with conventions and conferences being the exception)
Pursue your own hobbies. Value your personal time. Expand as a person. You will definitely have more to talk about.


Are you around your late teens or early twenties? You're probably still exploring your own identity. Do something productive, find out where your skills lay. Don't just sit around on the computer - expand as a person or you might just end up feeling inadequate.
I know, because it's happened to some of my friends. They don't study, no job, no hobbies - nothing but deflating self-esteem.

[Blissful_Eternity]

you just need to adapt in college. it's not easy to make friends like in hs.
join clubs or organizations!
disorder? i wouldn't think so