What Can I Do to Combat Loneliness in College?

[dr dodge]

What you have to understand is yourself first.
social activities are fun, but doing something your heart is not in is annoying at the least.
search of self can be enlightening or destroying, as can social activity.
learn to be happy alone, doing something you like, and the social will come

you could have my problem, that is after people get to know me, they seem to leave
(usually backing away slowly) so at that point I "recluse back" to doing what I want

(be carefull, my only real college friend became my wife, cutting short my educational career...her's too)

dr

 

[edpell]

I think dr dodges comments are helpful and sincere. I would choose to word part of it differently "search of self can be enlightening or destroying" I would put it less passionately as "search of self is always informative, some of the information you will be happy about and some you will be unhappy about". You will not be destroyed nor will you be enlightened you will be more yourself and your various contradictory parts will be made conscious for you to choose.