Anxiety Help - Separation Anxiety - for 18-year-old?
Separation Anxiety - for 18-year-old?
I have been so upset and crying lately. I go to college about two hours from home and it's hard for me to make friends since I'm so shy and my new school doesn't have a student center. I cry when I visit my family and I cry when I leave my family. Yesterday I found myself crying all day after my mom dropped me back off at school.
What you're feeling is normal and it will get better. My daughter experienced separation anxiety. She chose a college that was four hours away. I took her on a Sunday. By Thursday she was calling me to ask me to come pick her up, in full panic attack mode, sobbing and crying and begging me that she would do anything if I would just come get her. She hadn't been able to keep anything down but fruit punch since I'd dropped her off on Sunday. All she did was sleep and vomit, sleep and vomit. On the phone with me, she was crying and hysterical in a way I'd never heard before.
I think what you're experiencing is a bit more normal and it should get better with time. Try to locate guidance or the health center at your school; or speak to your RA about what services might be available or any suggestions they might have.
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