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Papabear,

Ok, summer's ending and school starts very soon, like, in a few days soon. I'm super stressed about it, even though in my mind I know things will be fine and the year will turn out good, I just can't stop worrying. It's almost keeping me up at night thinking about the overwhelming social situations and amount of people. I'm kind of scared about the people part, mostly. I don't know about meeting new friends when I like the ones I have and how I should really start on making new ones. Another thing is that my classes are set up so that I'm not in with a lot of my friends. I don't want to be totally alone this year, so what can I do? Or am I just overreacting and worrying myself for no reason? 

Dawnstar

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Hi, Dawnstar,

It sounds to Papabear like you are suffering from a bit of social anxiety disorder. Since you are not stressed about classes and grades, you must be pretty confident about that, so that, at least, is one less thing to worry about.

About making new friends. From what you have written, you already have some friends, so it’s not like you are incapable of making new ones since the friends you have now, at one point, were new, yes? Also, you express that you don’t want to be alone, so you are not anti-social, which is a good thing.

First thing’s first: you need to try to stop obsessing about the new social situations you will be in. Try to continue your current life as if nothing much is changing: keep in touch with your current friends, make preparations for school, do your household routines, etc. Second, avoid things in your diet that make one naturally nervous, especially caffeine and too much sugar; make sure you get plenty of rest. Don’t smoke or do drugs (which should be a given, but they are also factors in stressing out the body); try meditation, too, by setting aside 10 minutes of calming reflection with a backdrop of soothing music; combine this with breathing exercises.

Next, think of how you made your current friends. Did you meet them at class or in some other social situation? Try to recall how you made those friends and use that as a model for making new friends. At the same time, don’t overthink the situation by trying to predict what might happen or what people might say about you. Don’t put the pressure on yourself of “I have to make new friends.” Instead, be yourself, get involved in the activities of school, both academic and social, and just make yourself available to new friendships. These things should come organically, so don’t force them.

If your anxiety gets really bad and the above suggestions don’t work, you might want some counseling, but somehow Papabear doesn’t think you’re that badly off and can probably handle it yourself if you just don’t overthink it and don’t worry about it so much.  Here’s a little page that has more detail on what I just said above.

Good luck! Have fun at school!

Hugs,

Papabear

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Author: Fred It is not easy to tell the setting of Spur at first. It seems to be our world, but Merle Castison, the first-person narrator, is a talking Andalusian stallion which nobody seems to consider strange. Disreputable, maybe, but not strange. Merle has agreed to accept the curse to be turned into a horse [...]

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If you haven't heard of Tokyo Jungle before, well, you're in the majority. Tokyo Jungle was announced for Playstation in Japan and Europe last year and came out in June this year. We heard localization whispers at E3, but now we finally have some concrete details. Tokyo Jungle will be hitting North American shores on PSN on September 25th, 2012 for $14.99.

Now, what is Tokyo Jungle, you may be asking? It is set in modern-day Tokyo, where all of the humans have mysteriously disappeared. Now, various animals roam the streets, vying for dominance. You get to put yourself in the paws of over 50 playable animals and try to stake your claim in the animal kingdom the urban wasteland has become.

There are two game modes: in Story Mode, you’ll play as a range of different animals whose lives are intertwined as they struggle to survive in the Tokyo wilderness, while unraveling the mystery of mankind’s disappearance. In Survival Mode, you will hunt, occupy territories, and produce offspring to secure future generations and resist extinction. As you progress, you’ll also obtain survival points to unlock playable animals and purchase costumes to increase your abilities.

If you aren't interested already, well...I guess you just hate being an animal, eh? :P Check out the trailers below for a much more visual explanation:

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_;; I subscribed a bit ago before getting sick (sun poisoning and pneumonia) but never got around to posting a formal "Hello" to the community. So: Hello! I'm a female Red Panda with a skittish personality around new people but love to roll around and play with friends! 25 and new here in Baltimore, Maryland. =>_<= !

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Author: admin Tiny people is the initial topic of our podcast, as you might expect, even if this episode is all about growing up! We move right along into Smokey’s word of the week (used so often in the past), Istanbul tells a horrible joke about a horse, and we discuss how unprogressive Progressive is! [...] Episode 55 – Midgetbane

So here we are, the final episode in the Camp Feral Future series and looks like we got some of our questions answered if you followed along. I showed the video to a scientist friend of mind (he’s older and wise) and he just thought it was pretty goofy. While I understand he did not watch all of them,I think if he had he’d still find it the same way. You MUST have a good sense of humor and be open-minded, this was not made to be in the movies.

I really liked the action and the acting I felt like I was really there at times. Now, while the video was edited with perfection, there were still some scenes that needed to be cut, because yes it did get a little long. With a bit of tweaking there is just one big thing I feel could have changed. I understood, N.A.Y.O and the whole green room thing with Timber and Growlr. However, I still felt VERY lost in the story this is probably why some didn’t understand everything. We moved from scene to scene and it was easy to get lost if you weren’t attentive.But overall for the ONLY con that does webisodes I thought it was really good!

My comments are based on me being a blogger and even though this was a for-fun video I still thought I would do a for-fun review. So if you’re a furry and can laugh or need a laugh, then watch the whole thing HERE.

Take a look at the last show and see if you can remember what the last clip represented.

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