feeling out of place at university.

In my university days, I was like no-one. People are crazy with hype and trends but I do not liked be followed by these. It makes me insecure. I always try to develop my skills that I love to do. 95% of my class mates were fucking rich and pretty, I was neither of it. I was always callous about my dresses like a geek. But whenever my class mates struggle with things related to internet, googling, programming, little fixing of their PCs, they automatically call me to help them out. They know a lot about fashions, movies, celebrities, recent styles but I know very little about it. I was a better ex-plainer of internet things, computer science terminology, basic science things, astrophysics; most of them have no basic idea about these. I am living my life and it satisfies me every time I know something about new what I love.

 

@Chef Boy just gave you a key to life.

You are outside that social group as long as you keep a rigid viewpoint on your situation.

As an exercise, I would suggest you make a list of different possible relationships to other students (e.g. 1. being in their vibe and them begging you, even inviting you to their trips and social gatherings, 2. being in a superior vibe than they are, 3. being in a lower vibe than they are, 4. being totally alien to their daily life because you are so successful with you own stuff; 5. and so on...) then close your eyes in a relaxed background and visualize the different outcomes of being in those shoes. That way you gain A LOT more clarity to choose what you want to experience truly.

 

Sounds like you are surrounded by superficial instagram hipsters... that sucks. But universities are huge! Somewhere you will find a bunch of people you'll get along with. Also give them a closer look: are they really all so horrible? The cool kids alsways have some leaders so try to speak to the others when they aren't around and maybe you'll encounter a whole new person!
And if you really can't find anyone be pragmatic: Go to uni, study and endure them and afterward go meet friends from outside of uni. You can meet weekly to watch the new episode of GOT and order pizza or pursue some friends to try out some crazyass weird sport/game like parcour or iaido or dungeons and dragons or anything you can excite yourselves for. Use your time together to charge your "social batteries" and it will make it easier at university and makes your reboot easier.
And if these people really threaten your reboot progress look at it that way: Don't let these people ruin your efforts! They don't have power over you! You have!

 

Get drunk, do drugs, they'll remove ur inhibitions, and you'll be able to talk to the "cool kids". But I get what what your saying.
@TotalLifeChange couldn't have said it better. This Instagram shit is annoying and fake. You cant tell the real from the fake.
@Thechosenone I recommend you start watching MTV (I knw its painful). I recommend you start drinking liquor - that may loosen u up. Then you can go to a party and meet up with some random ppl, haave fun (make sure u look like u r a wild dude that's down for anything - people like tht) and get their number; BAM now ur in their circle.
Start smoking weed and drinking dude, its what all the kids do nowadays.

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This is the answer to your social anxiety. Almost all the kids drink before going out.

If you want advice on how to talk to girls at parties (and get them in bed by midnight ) then PM me.

In conclusion: Get social, be the "dumb dude who drinks and doesn't give a fuck", that's how the kids are these days. In fact they've been like that since atleast the 1970s; this is nothing new.

ALSO TRY X-NAX! IT WILL ELIMINATE ANXIETY! + X-nax = ~