It was a big fear. The knowledge that after A levels going to university might be on the cards . The thought of being more independent in doing so scared the ■■■■ out of me. I think worrying about that contributed to my mental illness becoming full blown .
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I failed university. It took me about 20 years to get over that. Not joking.
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I found university easy even though I was slightly psychotic throughout it all I at the time was enjoying the mild insanity.
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For me it was more a fear of coping with the non academic side of things .
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I totally sucked at the non academic parts of university. I must be one of the few people to leave with no new friends that lasted
I’d have no doubt struggled academically at university due to my unrecognised , and therefore unsupported , learning difficulties . It’s a much more enlightened era now re learning difficulties, and the need to help people so they reach their full potential .
In the 70s you just sank like a stone potential wise if you had a LD .
Stress of uni pretty much precipitated my illness.
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Starting uni seems to be a prime for a person to become severely mentally ill .
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Yes I heard that too somewhere @firemonkey . Although not in my case.
I think for me it was other stresses, and mdma and alcohol all of which I’m working on managing now where possible.
I drank my way through university and ended up getting kicked out and my scholarship taken away.
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