I'm in my second month of college as a freshmen and I'm feeling down and unstable. I'm at a university a few states away from my hometown and I miss my family more than ever, they've always helped support me. I never thought I'd wish to go back to my old town, because I always couldn't wait to get out of there. I've made a few new friends on campus and I meet with them somewhat regularly but I feel like I haven't met enough people that I've wanted to or been able to hang out with people I've met as much as I had hoped. I know, hearing from many people, that it's normal for students to feel out of place and struggle getting used to new surroundings at first but shouldn't I be over this by now?
I'm struggling in my classes because of all that I'm feeling and I'm not doing anywhere near as well as I had hoped coming here. It feels like it's just, "Go to class, go eat, go back to my dorm and try to study or go to the library and try to study." I just can't seem to follow my own schedule and I lack the motivation to get my work done because I'm constantly questioning myself and feeling envious of the other kids going out every night having fun yet still somehow manage to do well in their classes. I'm afraid to fail but I don't know where to turn.
The only times I feel happy are when I try to forget everything and enjoy the weather and nature or I'm talking to my few friends (who are not in most of my classes). Then it's back to my room to do work and I feel unhappy and unmotivated again. I just can't seem to get my homework done well and in a timely manner. High school, to me, was nowhere near as hard as this. Everything seems in chaos. I am sick of it and I want to be happy again and work hard and feel good doing it because I have goals set for my future regardless of my hazy idea of what I want to become (I'm not completely sure what I like to do that is both enjoyable and pays well). I just don't know what to do and even if I did, I don't know if I have the courage to break my old habits and change for the better.