I can totally relate! Broke away from all my friends in high school, and it's hard to find friends in college when you only see them once a week. It can be done but it takes time. Try focusing on finding quality friends instead of a quantity of friends. You will not turn into a cat lady!

I also am in my 2nd year and last year my best friend moved to WI...I am finding friends but it is hard to find quality friends...for me, I want to be able to visit thier house and have our kids play in the backyard. IDK....I think more about good/great friends that I will be able to share my life with in the future. Oh, and I feel lonely too....I think it comes with the territory of being in college.

I feel the same way. I'm a senior and feel lonely all the time, even with my admittedly small group of friends.

I love cats, and I just learned how to knit too... I'm practically a cat lady right now. :)

I know what you feel like. I'm a sophomore and 19 and I can't seem to find a good group of people to hang out and become friends with. I fear that I am going to go through college with no real friends and I always hear my mom say that she met some of her greatest friends in college. It feels like I am just doing something wrong.

Honey I know how you feel. I've been outta high school for roughly a year and a half and I have one friend I still talk to from high school and my boyfriend's roommate as friends. That's it... I didn't talk to anyone at my last college or the college before that... I'm starting a new college on Monday and I'm hoping I might find someone to know there..

I've always been a loner since i started college but it doesnt really bother me much. I always have my nose in a book even when im walking around. Im sure you'll find friends it just takes some time.

FYI: you don't have to be a crazy CAT lady. I know. I 'm the crazy DOG lady. Even my neighbors say so. lol

I went to community college for my first two years of schooling and there I found a few friends, but nothing too substantial... It's nothing to be worried about. Having a group of friends does not represent who you are as a person. As long as you pass your classes and do your work you'll be fine. Trust me. People with too many friends wind up not being able to to all of their work...

I have felt the same exact way--and i will be graduating next semester--and i don't think i ever did find a close knit group of friends to be a part of---it has scared me 2--like u thank god i am not a cat person--lol--but my best friend from high school was talking to me over break--and told me she felt the same way-- i think a lot of people feel this way they just don't share it with others--even those who we think have a group of friends--how close are they really---my theory is everything happens for a reason--and i am not a very religious person, but like the song says, "i thank god for all of my unanswered prayers"--i hope that when i graduate and head off to law school that it will be my time to be happy--if not--i am screwed---lol

like bryguy said about school work--thats important--but i still feel ur pain--but without that close knit group--u may have time to see other opportunities--that u might have missed had u had the tight knit group becuase your time would have been spent elsewhere--25 more minutes of studying or hanging out with friends...thats what i mean by thanking god for unaswered prayers

Hey, i can relate to the friends part. Although i am a cat person smile. I'm in my third year of college and i dont have a lot of friends either. It's hard for me to make friends with just anyone. It can get lonely, but in time i think you will find a good friend or group of friends. Just keep your head up. For your loneliness maybe try and stay in a group like a coffee shop, surround yourself with people? You do make sense though. :) Hang in there girl. Things will be OK.

totally, my 3rd attempt at college and already in second term, no loyal friends atall. Only ones that want me when they are alone or have no1 else to meet up with. My 'friends' never wait for me to pack up to go to lunch they go without me quite often so I just assume I'm not wanted.

It's sad, but you have to assert yourself, especially in my case being 21 around a load of 15-16 and 17 year olds, they don't (in general!!!) have as much social awareness or responsibility so by pushing yourself in there, you might get a chance to prove your worth knowing. This is just incredibly hard for depressed or anxious people (like myself) but life is survival, you will find the guts to put your foot forward somewhen :)

But loneliness is usually mostly induced by yourself, or by paranoia, usually what people think really isn't that bad and even if it is? It's easily changes, us youngsters are quite fickle :)

I think making friends is hard no matter what school or environment you surround yourself in. I'm at a smaller campus of one of the biggest party schools in the nation and it is hard making friends here. But what I do is I use my classes not just for learning but to really socialize. I know, that sounds kinda like I'm slacking off but I met one of my closest friends and a few more really awesome people in my classes. You really just have to put yourself out there and don't worry so much about a group of friends.