This is something that takes over my everyday life... I feel like my energy gets sucked out of me if I'm around people too long. It wasn't so bad but I recently moved into college dorms and I feel like sleeping all the time, I have zero energy. When I hang out with people I get overwhelmed. My anxiety is very high and its causing me to become depressed.

I have tried to find my alone time but I live in a dangerous city and can't take walks or leave my building without feeling unsafe.

There is also a guy who I flirt with, and he constantly wants to hang out and do things. He is very very high energy, we are opposites but get along pretty well. He thinks I am rude if I leave him on read (my phone drains me too because people are constantly trying to contact me,) or if I would rather sleep or do homework than hanging out with him. I want to but I get more and more depressed the longer I'm around another person.

I feel like no one has the same problem, I have talked to my roomies and neither of them understand it. Because no one understands I feel like I can't be accepted into my new friend groups, because although I like hanging with them, I also feel really unhappy as time goes on. I want to make connections so I havn't been saying no to hanging out. I don't want to miss out on anything and feel like a smart a** if I say 'no.'

Because this is something I havn't experienced this strongly before do you think this is just a phase? Has anyone else experienced this in college? What was your experience with this if you have?

I have never been this depressed before, and on top of college classes and work I feel like I am drowning.