Social anxiety disorder -- SAD -- is one of those "new" diseases we hear so much about these days.
Instead of the kid being a completely uncontrollable, rebellious little brat, some of us call her "ADHD." And stuff her full of Ritalin. Easy default and improper treatment! The kid pays the price by thinking all her life that she's neurotic and unfit for work.
Now, when you go to college and find that leftist troublemakers grate on your nerves, leftist teachers threaten to flunk you out unless you internalize their leftist political bias, and left wing extremist newspapers are required daily reading, that creates enough anxiety to make the most robust person feel weak and hopeless.
The dismal and bitter outlook of having to deal with these lunatics and their leftist brainwashing all your life is another cold and hopeless downer.
Who would want to socialize with that gang of lunatics?
Honey, it might appear that you have you will have to endure that all your life, but rise to a new hope: these people will come to their senses once they spend a few years on welfare, with fluff degrees that will never get them a job. As they go broke, you will find that your conservatve and disciplined approach to education toward a well-defined and practical career paid off handsomely.
Granted, atheists and leftists will always play games and grate on your nerves, but once you are done with college, you don't have to kowtow to their games anymore.