I recently graduated from my undergraduate degree in Ireland. (I’m Irish). I hope to start my 2 year masters in September but I’m starting to reconsider wanting to do it at all. I’m so scared to move away from home. I hated my undergrad degree and found it so hard to make friends. I would come home every single weekend and sometimes skip a day or two of college just to be at home because if I didn’t I would just be sitting in my bedroom for hours on end with nothing to do because I didn’t have friends. I don’t have to option of living at home and doing my masters as the college is too far away. Im worried that the masters, even though it is in a new university, will be a repeat of my primary degree. It makes me sick to even think of moving away from home. I’m so comfortable here. My mum and I are best friends and we have the perfect routine at home. I will know nobody in the new college. What happens if I have horrible housemates that are loud and dirty or if I don’t make friends with my new classmates. Or if the coursework is too hard. Will I be stuck in a horrible house all day with no friends to do anything with. I don’t have any friends at the moment so I can’t even talk to one of them about how I’m feeling. I know I’m overthinking but I literally cannot stop and it’s driving me mad. I cannot stop feeling sick to my stomach at even the thought of going away. I really want to do this masters. I want to meet friends and finally get a friend group. But I’m so scared that it won’t happen and I’ll have wasted so much money and I just won’t be happy with my life. Is this anxiety? How can I stop feeling like this. I would really appreciate any help. Thank you.