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Anxious about moving
| > How can I stay optimistic?
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| I can't offer optimism, but I can offer some personal experience and maybe a realistic point of view - my first time properly moving was, simply put, hell. I'm a socially anxious mess with very particular interests (as are a lot of people on /u/ if I were to guess), so I didn't really... make friends. I had no reason to go outside in my free time, I was sleeping like shit bc of my constant anxiety and was overall just... alone and miserable.
| I'd never lived in a big city before and hated just about every part of it. I've now lived here for almost 3 years, and I still hate big cities. I still don't do well with people. But I now also have a close, open-minded and fun friend group and my general mental health (pandemic specific problems not included but you'll have those anywhere) is the best it's been in... probably ever.
| My point is - if nothing else, humans are able to adapt and figure out how to carve a place for themselves. So while I can't promise things will go well right off the bat, I genuinely believe you'll be able to make it work, even if it seems impossible at first. Good luck g/u/rl, and I hope the move goes well <3
| >>761203 thanks g/u/rl, hopefully I can do the same. It feels like being sent behind enemy lines or something.
| >>761203 >>761202 >>761201
Going to be moving on my own for the first time soon as well and this is reassuring to hear. Hoping that moving out will mostly give me a good chance to fix my self mentally and get a plan together for my life or something.
| >>761217 I get the feeling. I believe in you g/u/rl! And if nothing else you can always come to /u/ to vent or distract yourself for a bit.
>>761311 I definitely spent a good amount of time not knowing what to do or how to start, but it worked out. Hope things go well for you too. You got this! <3
| >>761363 yeah I could definitely do that if nothing else. I miss message boards after how prominent social media like Twitter has become, so it's nice to retreat to /u/.
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| G/u/rls, I'm moving to a new state/province this year. My relatives keep asking me if I'm excited or talk about how I'll like it. But tbh I'm not excited, I'm worried about not fitting in. My folks say there's nice people, but I'm more worried about if they discriminate. Literally the only thing I've held out hope for is checking out the local used game store but besides that I might as well be a shut-in. How can I stay optimistic?