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social anxiety in college pls help hi, i'm coming to basil for a problem and undoubtedly some people in this thread are going to call me a b but idc. i'm going into my second year of college and i've found that i have very few friends here and no participation in organizations. class starts tomorrow and i've been feeling really lonely these past few days in the dorms waiting to meet people in my classes. despite being academically well off, i feel that my entire first year has been completely wasted because of my inability to make connections and network. i wish i could start college over again. most of my friends in high school were people i knew since elementary school, but we all ended up going to different colleges. at this point, it fe

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experiences with donating blood All right, so my school is having a blood drive hosted by Stanford University sometime next month, and I am now eligible to donate blood (age 16, at least 110 pounds, decent health, no tattoos/piercings). I know donating blood is a really good thing to do for other people that are in need and I really want to. The only thing I'm slightly afraid of is the [i]large[/i] needle going into my vein. So to anyone that has donated blood before, how was it? Did it hurt a lot? Is anyone here going to donate blood? Share your experiences.

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Is it normal for your mother to pick your pimples? How about your mom? Because it's f-ing annoying me. The doctors have already told her that picking my pimples is bad for my health and that she should stop but she persists and does it anyway. She "sneaks up on me" while I'm doing my homework and "checks" and insists on "JUST ONE!" I have bad acne on my back and today I found that she was picking one while I was sleeping. This is why I have had scarring on my cheeks in middle school.

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