(No insensitive comments, please 😔)

I need to vent...I’m 22 years old, from Texas, and recently permanently moved to/started college in the Midwest, with my family. I’m performing very well, in my academics, but personally, honestly, ever since I’ve been here, I’ve been miserable. I lack energy to socialize and don’t feel like I “fit” this school. My parents, especially my dad, always talked about this college saying how I would be perfect for it. But I don’t feel right. I feel like I didn’t look at my college options enough and just went with what my dad thought was best for me. And don’t get me wrong, the school is really good, but I still have this feeling. My mom has noticed this too, because she said that my whole attitude has changed. 😔

The thought of transferring has crossed my mind a lot lately. But deep down, I think transferring will mean I failed, in a sense? And I should add that after I got accepted, I was initially excited but mainly because I got accepted for the first time. And after I attended this school’s orientation, I wasn’t excited about it at all. I was actually dreading going. I’ve talked to a few counselors about this and they gave some good advice, to stick it out one more semester, and I’m going to try that, but still...😣😞