I'm Very Lonely

The Story

I've had problems with loneliness for as long as I can remember, I'm just more shy and closed in general, and I need more time to relax in front of people. I decided to continue my education in Germany after high school, and one of the reasons was to challenge myself to become more communicative. Of course, I also wanted to improve my German, and because of that from the very beginning I tried to talk mainly to Germans, unlike most Bulgarians here, who are generally in a closed group (respectively I stayed out of it). The problem is that I feel like I'm failing. It's the end of the first semester, and I don't have a single friend here. I'm not alone in the lectures - I go in a group of six people and I feel good with them, but in fact no one is close to me. I've always been silent when I'm in a group of more people, and now language is an obstacle - it is often difficult for me to follow the conversation or to express myself as I would like. When I'm with only one of them, it's easier and more enjoyable, but these cases are very rare.

As the semester progresses, so do the number of lectures we attend, and I don't see them outside the university at all. I have written to four of them, they answer me politely, etc., but no one was the first to take the initiative to write to me, and I am uncomfortable to be assertive, because besides everything I am the only girl in the group (my specialty in general) is with very few girls). Three live in the same dormitory and spend more time together, and the other two are a little older and I guess they have contacts here and outside the university. However, I am completely alone. I have a lot of "acquaintances" - people I've talked to 2-3 times, but I can't get close to anyone. At the lectures we have 500 people in the hall, and at the exercises the groups are different in each subject. The fact that I am an introvert further complicates matters, because communicating with people, especially in German, strains me very much mentally and I often prefer to be alone, although I know that in the long run it will only hurt me. I'm afraid that things will continue like this and I will spend three years in my room without anyone to go out with or share anything with. Have you been in a similar situation? How did you cope? although I know that in the long run it will only hurt me. I'm afraid that things will continue like this and I will spend three years in my room without anyone to go out with or share anything with. Have you been in a similar situation? How did you cope? although I know that in the long run it will only hurt me. I'm afraid that things will continue like this and I will spend three years in my room without anyone to go out with or share anything with. Have you been in a similar situation? How did you cope?

Last Updated
September 05, 2020
Author:
annaracer

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