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« on: May 13, 2004, 08:55:00 PM »
Hey Braden-
I know what you're going through, and I think that anyone who was there for a significant amount of time goes through the same thing when they go back home. Luckily two of my friends from CEDU lived near me when I graduated, so it helped to have them to hang out with. Anyway, you'll probably screw up again in a few months, but pull yourself out of it pretty quickly like most of us who went there. I didn't like being there too much, but I can say that in the long run it taught me a lot, and even though I have made mistakes here and there I am able to recognize why I do what I do and therefore snap out of it. The thing that I really struggled with for the first few months of being back home was re-learning social skills. I was so used to being so upfront with feelings and telling people what they were doing wrong or how I felt about them. I had to re-learn that that is not how people communicate in the real world. So, best of luck to you, and don't worry you will get through it.