Today was the first day of my Spring Semester of junior year in college. I knew today was going to be hard but I didn't think it would be *this* bad.

For background: I spent the first two years of college at a different university and bounced between being on campus and online at my parents' house because of academic suspensions caused by terrible mental health (which I didn't know was the cause until much later). After taking a year off from school, I enrolled in the local community college to retake core classes and boost my GPA. It worked out pretty well for me, and I am now enrolled at a new school about 90 minutes away from my parents.

Last Fall Semester, the school tried to do in person classes and push through covid, but nevertheless we ended up completely online around mid-October which was an absolute blessing for my anxiety stricken self. We are back to "full launch" this semester (for now) so all of my classes are in person and OF COURSE in buildings that I've never even seen on campus since I've been here for a short time and mostly online.

Today, I had a class at 11 AM in a building that I vaguely knew the location and layout of. I got to the correct wing and floor of the building about 15 minutes before class started so I could make sure I could find it and get a seat that would make me comfortable. The room number was "201" so I was actually fairly confident I could find it without making a fool of myself. Boy was I wrong.

I wandered around the hall before too many people got there and eventually location the 200-209 hall and walked down it. After pacing back and forth and passing "202" what seemed like 10 times and seeing the same faces look at me oddly over and over again, I just gave up and left. 

Not only do I feel dumb for the scene I feel like I created, but more so I am already behind on the first day of class. I contacted my professor and explained the situation and filed for documentation from the disabilities services (where I do part of my therapy through) and am waiting for a reply.

I was wondering if any current or former students have similar situations and how you handled it, as I have to do this whole thing over tomorrow.