You have made it this far on your own. You figured out the hard stuff, you pushed through, you did not make it anyone else's problem. And now something is not working and you still cannot bring yourself to reach out. Here is why that is harder than it sounds, and what to do about it.

Losing someone while you are in college is its own kind of hard. The deadlines do not pause. The group projects keep coming. And somewhere in the middle of all of it, you are supposed to just keep going. Here is what grief actually looks like in college and what genuinely helps.

First therapy session booked. Now what? Here's everything that actually happens, from the first five minutes to how you might feel driving home afterward. No vague reassurances, no fluff. Just a straight-up breakdown so you can walk in ready instead of anxious about being anxious.