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Hi phoenix16
I’d also try to get a proper diagnosis.
Don’t be afraid to be inquisitive about it with whoever you manage to get an appointment with.
(actually a good Psych/counselor will be inquisitive as well, won’t rule anything out and will give a diagnose only when there is strong evidence to support it)
I’d like to know why discussing it with your family is so out of the question.
If you want proper screening, it is likely that you’ll have to involve them as well, especially to document your behaviour in early childhood.
If you are just afraid of how they may react, well… this site provides a lot of tutorials for such situations. And give them the chance to surprise you positively.
If there are other issues, well, you best discuss these issue with a counselor.
On a personal note, I had also issues to adapt to university, but I wasn’t in college, I’ve studied in the same town I used to live in with my parents so I wasn’t totally on my own.
I had to come up with several strategies to help me through it. And even if the grades were excellent, it stayed hard all the way through.
(My underachievment started right after university ;-))
good luck and keep us posted.
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