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I'm curious to know how those of you who are in college adapted to the change. I'd like to say that I'm a pretty outgoing person, but being so vastly different from most people in college (I went to a private school, and everyone was rich, thin, super active, and extremely weight conscious - it was terrible :( ) I kind of became a shut in. I didn't want to go to parties, I didn't want to even go to the caf. I really felt like everywhere I went people were staring or laughing.

I'm looking forward to starting a new program at a new college this fall with a brand new body. Well, with the workings towards a new body! It'll be super interesting to see whether or not I can feel comfortable hitting the social scene again, and I'm super excited to try!

How did this transition go for anyone else? Not just the college scene, but getting back into the flow of things if you shied away like me?

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I am kind of wondering this too. Similar situation, although not private school. I have been kind of a loner for quite a long time. I'm sure it will be an adventure. I'm about halfway through school in a program where I have 7 set classmates that I always will be in classes with that I've gotten pretty comfortable with. So I have a feeling a little will change, but I'll let you know how things go outside of my little comfortable group =p

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Well really this is one of those things only you can answer for yourself. Ultimately, yes, others will see you differently. But the real question is how you will view yourself. And are willing to put yourself into uncomfortable situations? Yes, they will definitely be uncomfortable at first I mean let's face it you haven't been social butterflies so this will all take some getting use to. But hey, it will get easier the more you put yourself out there. I'm just really glad both of you decided to grab this bull by the horns now, rather than waiting like so many of us have.

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