Leah Teele

Hi, I'm a couple weeks away from finishing my first semester of college and I haven't made any friends yet at all. I'm really introverted and didn't really have that many friends at home, but here it's horrible. I love the school I go to for every single thing except the fact that I can't make friends. I talk to my roommate and we're friendly but we're very different people. She really likes going out and partying almost every night and I just like having people to talk to or maybe going to a museum or something with people.

I actually thought I was really good friends with my neighbor but then I discovered he doesn't like me, apparently because I "remind him of the old him," whatever that means. I try to smile at everyone and say hi to everyone but people just look at me weirdly or keep walking and I'm not sure why. I've tried starting conversations but I have bad social anxiety so I'm horrible at it, and even worse at small talk, so by the time I invite people to get food with me or something they just feel awkward. I'm in clubs and band and everything but everyone already has friends and no one wants to talk to me. Two people have told me I act like I think I'm better than everyone else but I'm not sure how. I've tried all the advice people have given me and nothing's worked. Now I find myself just cooped up in my room frequently and I've kind of stopped eating regularly and I'm just so lonely all the time.

I'm not sure what to do, please help me?

I'm not sure what happened, but about a month ago my knee started really hurting. It doesn't hurt all the time, but I can't straighten my leg all the way (too painful) and if walking for longer than 20 minutes it really really starts hurting. It also hurts when I twist my leg weirdly or stand after sitting for a while. It's not swollen or bruised or anything but the pain is probably a 7 at its worst. I don't really have health insurance so I don't wanna go to the doctor unless I have to. What do you think is wrong and what should I do? Thanks!

My ankle started bothering me last night. The pain was pretty sudden, and wasn't brought on by anything in particular. It's not swollen or bruised at all, and if I crack it the pain stops for a while (but cracking it hurts a lot). When I stay off of it for I while I can walk pretty normally but I noticed that the more I walked on it the less I could walk somewhat normally and now at the end of the day I'm limping pretty extremely. Once again, it's not bruised or swollen at all. My friend said I should wear a brace so I don't limp as much but I don't want to do that if it wouldn't help. What's wrong with it? What should I do?

My class's decades day theme this year is 20s, and I know that almost every girl is going to be a flapper (or like Daisy from Gatsby) so I want to be a little different and just be an everyday middle class older teenage girl (I'm 18) from the 20s. What are some suggestions for things to wear, and please include hair and makeup! :)

She has fairly pale skin with bright green eyes. Her hair is currently a medium reddish-brown. She really wants to go to a very dark brown. Would this look good? Any other suggestions? She wants it natural and doesn't want to have to bleach her hair a lot.

I have dark brown, almost black hair, light tan skin (Jessica Alba-esque), and light hazel eyes (like this: http://www.buzzle.com/img/articleImages/327977-481... What kinds of colors (natural, like reds or browns or blondes) do you think would be good for me to dye my hair? Thanks :)

I had reconstructive surgery for an ACL and MCL tear about 8 or 9 months ago and just got my knee brace off about a week ago. My knee felt totally back to normal until yesterday morning when I got out of bed and it pretty much just gave out. It hurt really badly (but didn't feel like I had re-torn anything). I'm wearing the knee brace again because I can't walk without it now. What could have happened and what should I do about it?

I rebroke my ankle a while ago and it healed wrong, so now, probably like once a month I have to use crutches or wear a brace. At first I just taped up my ankle, but that did almost nothing. Then I tried an aircast, which hardly helped either. I'm back to wearing a boot, like literally the same boot that I wore when I broke my ankle in the first place. It's so big and hard to walk in and it's just not fun. I need an ankle brace that I can wear so it relieves the pain (I can hardly walk sometimes) but that isn't too bulky. It needs to be pretty heavy-duty, though, like the same quality as a boot, just smaller. Suggestions? Thanks :)

I rebroke my ankle a while ago dancing and it never actually settled right because I thought it was just sprained and I didn't go to the doctor until it had been a couple weeks. I was in a cast for about 3 months (this was like a year and a half ago) and it still kind of hurt, but I figured that was to be expected because it hadn't set totally right. But it's been almost 2 years and I still have to wear a brace at least once a month and sometimes even use crutches for a while. I'm 19 and I don't really want this bothering me for the rest of my life, so is there anything I can do to maybe take the pressure off my ankle, or make it so I don't have to put as much weight on it constantly? My doctor says that surgery won't help and I just need to find a way to stay off of it as much as I can. Any suggestions? Thanks :)

My mom won't let me bleach my hair or use anything really damaging on it. I did some research and saw that with L'Oreal Excellence HiColor Red you don't need to bleach your hair beforehand. My mom keeps saying that it's still damaging, so I need proof that it isn't. Thanks!

I really want to dye my hair red but my mom won't let me do it with anything that will damage my hair. I have pretty average brown hair and I know I'm not allowed to bleach it at all. I've used Manic Panic before but it really lasts less than a week. I want something to last over a month. Are there any brands that are not really damaging that will last? Thanks!