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I felt disconnected when I suffered a sports injury in cross country.

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My mom left me at the zoo by accident for a day

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When someone says you can’t join their group

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I remember when I first entered my first college class and I felt disconnected because I didn’t really know anyone else in the room and it took be a second to feel that sense of belonging

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I have felt disconnection with friends before. I wasn’t always the funniest or loudest in the group and it made me feel like I wasn’t good enough.

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I felt disconnected during my senior year of high school in my sports team because all of my older teammates graduated

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A time I felt disconnected was when I got rejected from a club here on campus.

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Didn’t feel accepted in high school sports - isolated from rest of team

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Being surrounded by other students during club meetings/social events and feeling excluded and out of place

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Freshman year of high school and I didn’t know anybody.

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When teachers don’t remember my name

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in high school during volleyball season, there was a group of girls who were really mean and had terrible attitudes and they just made me hate playing

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Didn’t know how to sit next to someone in a new class

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Moving into the dorm life and being surrounded by new faces, I felt disconnected and unsure of how others would think about me.

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When im new in the environment and its not welcoming

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when i’m underestimated

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when i was talking about a song that was really impactful to me and they just dismissed my feelings and thoughts by responding with “yeah the song was ok”

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Working in a group project with people who were close friends and they left me out of planning

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When i was talking to alot more accomplished kids who go to the same school i do

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When working in big groups on service projects my group was disregarded and made us feel not important

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During my music band practice the members would play a new song that I dont know how to play which in the end I would sit back and watch

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When I came to school I didn’t know anybody

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When I didn’t get into my dream school

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Being a pre bus freshy at the job fair it felt like no one wanted to talk to me—employers or other kids actually trying to get jobs

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Not getting direct admit to bschool

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When I tried to join the soccer team and I was really bad so they didn’t let me join the team

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Being in a club supposed to be connecting with the same identity yet I felt like I didn't belong

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I think the first time coming to this university was a big moment of disconnect. This is because I was in an entirely new environment with very few people that I actually knew. Over time, I was able to find my sense of community, but it was difficult at first to over come that disconnection.