My Roommate Horror Story | Freshman Year in College Roommate 

I had a roommate that was super messy and we knew it immediately when she moved in. She was also paranoid that we would steal all her food.(she never had roommates before). So she had put a padlock on her cabinet in the kitchen so No one could access it. Shortly after she moved in she went on vacation with her family and left a ton of vegetables and fruit inside her locker cabinet. The rest of us came home to find flys around by the cabinet and roaches hanging out so we ended up having to get maintenance to break the cabinet open so we could clean it And toss the food. We even replaced the food that we had to throw away for her but when we told her what happened she freaked out that we violated her property and privacy. Like what were we supposed to do? Let an infestation start? A few months later I came from work super sick running bad fever and barely able to breathe from my asthma. It was like 1am and our dorms had a curfew of midnight for guests to be over. But she had her boyfriend over and locked me out of her shared bedroom. Normally I would just sleep on the couch when she did that no big deal but I needed my inhaler since I couldn’t breathe so I knocked and tried to tell her I needed my inhaler and she ignored me. I could hear her awake and laughing with her bf too so i knew she could hear me. I ended up having to call our campus security to come unlock the door and kick her boyfriend out. Well she got pissed about that even though I wasn’t doing it to be a bitch I physically couldn’t breathe. So I had taken a NyQuil after getting my inhaler to help with the fever and was dead asleep and the BITCH CUT MY HAIR. yup. My hair is normally in braids when I sleep so she couldn’t get to the full thing thankfully but she cut off a chunk of the front of my hair to the scalp so i couldn’t even trim the hair around it or fix it. When I went to room administration they told me since there was only 4 weeks left of the semester before moving out they couldn’t move me even though I felt like my life was in danger.

She was 25 and probably should have gotten her own apartment. I’m surprised her boyfriend wanted to be in the dorm and didn’t prefer to get a hotel room.

You are not high maintenance for being uncomfortable with a grown man in your dorm for a whole weekend! I would be too!😳 I’d be uncomfortable with a grown man in my dorm for any period of time!

I just want to know if she took the bathroom rug when she moved out

You are so nice to invite her places even if she does not want to go.

I’m sorry, but the University was way out of line for not letting you know this girl had mental illnesses and that some certain things/behaviors may trigger her, LET ALONE the fact that they are putting this girl in a situation which she clearly could not handle. She is 25 👏🏼 years 👏🏼 old 👏🏼. Let her live alone in an environment in which she has control and feels safe! Don’t just crowd her in with young girls learning to live alone for the first time in their lives! It’s not healthy for her or for them. It creates discomfort, guilt, shame, and anxiety. Yikes

I don't understand why she didn't live with her boyfriend who made her happy rather than regular people who she wouldn't talk to and made their lives difficult.

That sounds quite irresponsible of the RA/uni... you guys were put in an unfair and uncomfortable position and so was she. Sounds like none of you were given the support or info you should have had. I’m a mental health worker and I picked up on quite a few signs before you mentioned mental health issues. Awareness, flexibility, and acceptance are important but it shouldn’t negatively impact your comfort and safety in your own home. - A lot of the mean/antisocial behaviour you mentioned is self protective/defensive behaviour and you should try not to take things to heart (I know that can be hard) 💕

dude, you seem like such an amazing person. My style isn’t “pretty” per se, but I wish I had a roommate like you. Like we are totally opposite people but you seem like a real cool person to chill with and seem like you have a cute style. You also seem so mature, especially with how you handled that situation. Kudos to you!

I feel bad for “Alex” because to me it seems that she didn’t have the professional help she needed. I think it was kind of wrong of the college to let her stay in a normal dorm and not even tell the other girls of the situation, mainly seen that she obviously gets really nervous being around people. I also don’t think she should be left alone in her own apartment. She deserved a lot more attention from the school than what she got...

Alex and her boyfriend did not pass the vibe check

I barely came across this video but u seem like such a sweet, humble and kind person keep being u!

Not refilling the brita? A cardinal sin

Alex should of had her own dorm and not shared with anyone. At my school there are some single dorms in every building for RAs and you can request one if you have a medical reason. I understand the University not sharing her personal information, but she obviously had a severe mental illness and it’s not fair to you guys to go in blind and not know what you’re dealing with and how to deal with it.

as far as my experience goes, people with social anxiety tend to be hyper aware of offending/ upsetting people so generally come off as super polite/awkward/stressed rather than such an asshole, but everyones different i guess

I’m pretty sure her bf didn’t like y’all because she was talking shit abt y’all. This story is so crazy omg

As someone who KNOWS and still experiences social anxiety I can almost confirm that that is what she had. The thing people don't realize about social anxiety is that when it is really bad, it makes you second guess even sending someone a text message. Yes texting someone feels almost feels crippling, and you beat yourself up for it. However kudos to you for trying your best to make the experience comfortable for her. You seem very sweet!

I had a bad roommate freshman year too. We shared the same room and she set up this weird divider thing where I couldn't see her but she had a mirror pointed at me so she could see me. So strange. Then we go through recruitment and she didn't get her first choice so she dropped out... OF COLLEGE. She was so strange. Then when she moved out she stole half of my things lol

TW: mentions hospitalization, mental illness, & suicide. Hello, Lovelies! As you watch this video I am sure we can all agree that we should treat each other kindly and lovingly. We honestly never know what someone is going through. Always be a friend to everyone!🌸💕

I feel a lot of empathy toward Alex, as I struggled with an undiagnosed illness during my college days. I was very much like her--anxious, scared, feeling like things were out of control. Years later, I found out what was happening to me, and I'm learning to handle it. I have to take every day one at a time, sometimes even one hour or one minute at a time. I'm so sorry all of this happened to you, but I really enjoyed how you bounced back and LOVED your sorority house move-in video. Best to you.

it seems like y’all handled it to the best of y’all’s ability.

I love all of the little rules you girls set with each other like keeping your locations on and stuff

from someone who has anxiety and other emotional issues- i get having a bad day and uncontrollable panic attacks HOWEVER that’s never an excuse to be a shitty person.

social anxiety? nah homie, sounds more like a personality disorder...

RA’s actually do nothing! i had roomie probs freshman year with a random roomie and my RA did the same thing said there was nothing i could do. wow thanks!

Honestly I subscribed because 1 interesting stories and 2 as someone with bad anxiety issues,panic attacks and depression the way you handled her is amazing I’m so glad ur a good person and so understanding

I had a really strange roommate my freshman year too... she would be half naked in bed with her boyfriend while i was in the room! if things weren't dead silent she would yell at me to turn down my headphones or stop playing music. it came to the point where i felt so uncomfortable and would only come to the room to sleep, but she would get mad because it would be 11 when i would come in and i would always wake her up even though i was as quiet as i could be. she eventually moved all of her stuff out one day and i was never notified by my ra or anyone in my dorm. it was supposed to be required that we had a mediation with our ra before anyone could move out anywhere. it was wild!

This is definitely more than social anxiety..

Moral of the story: KNOW WHO YOU ARE GOING TO LIVE WITH

Oh my God...in thumbnail she looked that popular kid who would bully you and in the video she is completely opposite UK like kind and sweet

I have honestly been avoiding watching roommate horror stories because I'm starting college in the fall. I watched your video and I was very intrigued. You are probably the sweetest, most understanding person I have ever had the pleasure of listening to. I actually have talked to my roomie and we've become friends so I'm praying for a positive experience. Mental health is nothing to be taken lightly and I believe that UA and the RA responsible for you guys definitely failed all of you. Definitely praying for all your future roommate experiences. You got a new subscriber today! So excited to watch the rest of your videos.

What a dangerous situation. She shouldn't have even been assigned to a 4 person dorm anyway. Bama should have taken this more seriously for everyone involved.

When you said it was only October I died a little bit. All of that in like 2 months

I'm 25 and sometimes I consider going back to school, I'm not sure how I would feel in a situation with girls younger than myself! However, I do feel like I'm still 20-22ish. I wish I had gone away to college straight out of high school, I feel I've missed my chance at a "traditional college experience". I'm glad you seem to be in a much better place now!

Your facial expression and hand movement were priceless when you said "Girl I can't even find you if you need my help." 14:55 So funny. I completely cracked up.

It seemed like you guys were so patient and accommodating but it still wasn't enough. I have depression & anxiety & I don't have people clean up after me, I'm not rude or passive aggressive, she has no excuse. She's still a grown woman. So sorry you went through that!

I’m sorry but you guys tried wwaayyy too hard to please her. She was completely disrespectful. You are a better person then me I would have asked her to be transferred after she called the cops that was so unnecessary.

I wonder if she was in an abusive relationship? My first semester of college I was in an abusive relationship. He was extremely controlling. I didn’t get to have a normal college life. I wasn’t allowed to stay in my dorm without him or I had to stay in his with him. I couldn’t go study alone. I never got to make friends or go to events. I went to Indiana University (my dream college). I ended up dropping out because things got so bad, and I felt like it was my only way to escape. I enrolled in a community college only for him to FOLLOW ME!

Yes! I’ve experienced this same type of situation. It’s so hurtful when you feel like someone isn’t being honest or communicating because then if feels like you did something but you don’t know what.

Feeling reeeaaaal blessed that I had a single dorm freshman year... 😅 Glad that you girls were still nice to her even when she wasn’t so pleasant! Mental health can be tricky to maneuver.

Ugh I’ve dealt with something similar. The roommate had borderline personality disorder (and not saying all people with this act like this or are like this) things were normal for like two weeks and then on the third week things just turned sour out of nowhere and she started having an episode or something and starting being very hostile with my bf and I. After I spent a day with my best friend on the weekend she criticized me for that. She was really rude for no reason while we were being civil and kept saying we were being rude and hostile. On the last day she got mad about something and because of that unplugged the router. My bf texted asking if she was trying to punish us and she was like I was just trying to get your attention in rude way. And then after this he texted back saying that’s fine I’ll just use my hotspot. I told him he shouldn’t have done that because the whole last two days I felt a very unstable and anxious energy in the house from this woman and I had planned exit routes in case something happened. Well after he texted that I heard her footsteps running to our locked door and she started pounding super hard on our door to the point where it was shaking. I thought she was literally going to break it down and murder us. That’s how scary it was. So above the bed was this window and I had it in mind as an escape route before and jumped out of it. I told my bf to come while standing outside the window but he stayed and remained calm. After she stopped he opened the door and told her to calm down and that this behavior was not okay. I told him to stop and I kept yelling that it’s okay we are leaving tonight and I kept repeating it loudly so she could hear me. I was shouting this through the window from outside. So she went to her room and I started panicking in the room. We immediately left, and then came back with a moving truck, got our stuff out, put it in storage, and booked a motel till we found another place. It was honestly kinda traumatizing tbh after we drove away from the place with my car on the way to the u-haul I literally was crying because it was so scary. It took me a week to really get rid of that paranoia that someone was going to pound on my door and try to break into my room. Crazy people really are more common then you think, so you gotta be cautious of people. Definitely a lesson and a wake up call

I would've went off on the boyfriend for being so rude..like bruh you don't even live here tf you being nasty for

“And they were roommates” I’m searching up roommate videos just to make that joke…

as someone with three mental illnesses, the RA is doing a shit job. We should not be enabled or excused for our actions because of the illnesses we have. I always feel bad if I project my irritation (symptom of depression) onto people. Sometimes when you are depressed you can get really mean and I literally never excused myself. I had to take responsibility.

I thought nobody did story times anymore. Oh wow did I miss these.

I have social anxiety yet never am inconsiderate and rude the way she is haha she shouldn’t have had roommates with anxiety if she couldn’t maintain it 🤷🏻‍♀️

I’m so sorry that happened to you! College is already stressful enough and a situation like that doesn’t make it any easier!

My freshman year of college I lived in an on campus apartment so I had someone living in my room with me. She was very quiet and hardly talked and never wanted to hang out with us. Her boyfriend lived in the same building a couple units down from us. He was always over and was a scary guy. She was always trying to tell us what to do even though she was never around. One day after class my other suite mates, a couple of our other friends and I were venting about how hard it was living there sometimes and none of us realized she was laying in bed and heard everything we were saying so she got up and stormed out. Luckily we were going on a break but that last day I was terrified all day because I had a class with her boyfriend and I was convinced he was going to jump me after class so I had one of my guy friends follow me out of class and then take me back to my apartment. He even stayed until we all left to go home just to be safe.

Oh my god the way you handle it honestly, I praise you for it & you’re sweet self!

You are a great storyteller. I really enjoyed listening. Thank you!

You have a big heart. Kutos to you for having compassion for Alex despite what y'all went through. I had horrible roommates my freshman year too, so I can totally relate. My roommates wertwin sisters who pretty much isolated themselves from the rest of the people in the dorm. Theystantly leave their trash everywhere, and our sink was filled to the brim every week with dirty dishes.I'm surprised we didn't have a roach infestation. LOL Anyway, one time I came back from my weekend home, and the living area looked like it had been ransack and there were empty beer cans everywhere. My godfather had given me this baskedtf kittens that would meow everytime you tapped them, and the kittens' heads had been snapped off. o this day I'm not sure if they did it themselves or some of their friends had done it when they were drunk,er that happened my boyfriend (who was older and in grad school) felt that I wasn't safe living there anymore, so he moved me in with him off campus. :)

I thought my first year college experience with a roommate was crazy... you top it hahah. I'm sorry it didn't work out for you guys for your first semester. But hopefully you, your roommates, and "Alex" found where you needed to be.

You got yourself a new subscriber! Also... as someone with severe social anxiety myself, and someone who isn’t into confrontation either... this girl had bigger problems lol. She was extremely selfish and made everything about her. I am very very glad you are out of that situation.

I love your diffuser. What a tense situation you were put in. Bless your heart. You are so sweet about it.

Hi Lauren! I just recently discovered your channel and I totally fell in love with it, plus I'm an incoming college freshman in my home state so I love hearing about Greek life, watching your vlogs and roommate horror stories.

She could be going through something sad and let's all be nice

You such a queen periodtt I love you already for helping this Girl you’re very uncomfortable but some how you just get through it

Fellow January 13th birthday here... but honestly, as a 25 year old, it's incredibly odd she would choose to live in a dorm. There's a snowball's chance in hell I'd live in a dorm at 25, especially with 18 year olds. Where you are at mentally, socially, etc when you're 25 versus 18 is literally a world away and putting yourself in that situation is really setting yourself up for disaster. I also have social anxiety, and of course everyone is different, but having a few people that aren't interacting with you in the slightest and you have a hideout in your own personal room shouldn't cause such an issue. And if it does, you really should absolutely not live with other people.

your tone in this video is incredible. very well thought out!

i’m only going into my junior year of high school but i’m so excited for college and i’m obsessed with your channel!!

I think ur soo nice for inviting her and stuff even when she said no so good job to u

Omg this girl you're describing sounds like literally the same person as my younger step-sister. I'm so glad to know that I'm not the only one who has dealt with this kind of situation. I even have to lock my bedroom door to prevent her from stealing my makeup and clothes all the time.

I recently started having roommate problems, but I'm just dealing with it because I only have two months left on the lease. Lol.

I have social anxiety and this sounds like more than that... I hope she has found her peace.

this has been stuck in my recommended for a month and a half. guess it's time to finally watch it

I have social anxiety, but didn’t know it or understand it until recently... In college I tried living with roommates and I’m sure I seemed like the crazy one. (That was also a different/more triggering situation because they had parties, like real parties with 10-20 people at all hours). But they wanted me to ‘just be normal or just get over it’ and I didn’t have a grasp on my mental health at that time. Some of these comments are pretty harsh. As someone who struggles with social anxiety and depression... I feel for the girl. Always be kind. You never know what someone has gone through or is going through! ✌🏻❤️❤️❤️😀

I feel like in this situation her boy friend was controlling her

Shame on your school for not having a better support system in place. Like the RA should have known what's up and she should have been required to at least let the RA share with you guys things that may potentially be triggering

You would be a good roommate for an introvert since you are so kind and go out of your way to be inclusive. If we went to the same school, I would love to be friends 😪 I don't have any kind friends like you

on the other hand... mental illnesses are very, very complex and even the same M.I. changes a lot based on the person. Their actions and thoughts may seem extremely weird and ridiculous to you, but in their own heads something completely different is going on. I'm sorry this happened to you, but also I honestly don't see this as a "horror story". It's a very different experience though for sure. I feel for this girl, and I hope she is seeking help.

Ah I’m sorry you had to deal with this, Lauren! And I totally understand wanting to have a neat, coordinated room. I feel the same way, and it gives me peace of mind! 💓

My freshman year (I'm a 5th year now) my roommate and I picked each other from our incoming year's Fb group and we hit it off pretty well as friends and roommates. Eventually one of our mutual guy friends started camping in our dorm basically every day to do hw w/her which is fine but not at 3am when I want to sleep. Basically we ended up hating each other, she *forced* me to change my alarm ringtone because it bothered her sleep 7 times, got mad at me for waking up at 7 to catch a plane, and she left trash literally EVERYWHERE in the middle of the dorm... My sorority friends ended up letting me sleep on the house's comfy couches if I needed (and I wasn't even a member back then)

Honestly this right here is why I do my own thing. I’m not a fan of communal anything with strangers because there’s always some problem. I never had to share a bathroom but when I shared a kitchen I just bought my own stuff and I didn’t bother over complicating things by trying to involve my flatmates.

Girl we had the same roommate! Down to the throwing things around the room. She eventually had a really bad breakdown unfortunately and I moved out but I always felt sad after the fact. Hope your situation is more comfortable now!! ❣️

Wow! Crazy. I’ve had a random roommate every single time. (I’ve stayed on-campus all four years.) I’ve had both good and horrible experiences, but nothing to this extent. I also chose the dorm because I wanted to live in the nicer dorm.

First of all, I love your accent!! Second of all, I definitely wouldn’t feel comfortable with a grown man spending the weekend in my dorm. If I were you, honestly I’d be too uncomfortable to even take a shower that weekend, considering you technically had to share a bathroom with him

The roommate watching like 👁👄👁

Im a 21 year old sophomore. I went to the military at 17 and got out at 20. I feel a little bummed out about it but, as long as I am being productive in my life, I guess one shouldn’t be so hard on themselves for not keeping up the same pace. Just keep your cool if you’re gonna dorm lol 😉 Once you have and properly manage your own place, car, career of choice, self-care and travel, you’ve made it. I hope this helps whoever reads this ❤️ good luck 🍀

I wished I had a friend like you. You seem like the most sweetest caring girl♥️

The best story time ever.... u were so understanding...

A bad roommate can be a scary experience....

This is why I'm going to share a dorm withmy best friends🤣 I'm too anti-social and having random people as my roomates would give me anxiety🤦🏽

A mental illness is not an excuse to be a piece of shit, I would’ve kicked her out/changed dorms when she first started that bs, I don’t know how ya’ll managed to deal with her for so long, props to ya’ll

When you said it’s October at this point. What you mean we only at October?!!! Lord help me.

Honestly, it sounds like she was in a bad place all around and just taking it out on the people who she could and its hard to be open with strangers of whats going on with mental health. Without knowing what was going on in her head and the full details of the situation, its easier to judge. I get what you’re saying cause ive had many a bad roommate story but you come off kind of just hurt that she didnt want to be friends with you when it sounds like there was much more going on in her life and she was struggling to figure that out.

I completely agree with you! Even though she did have a illness, She doesn’t have the right to not clean?! That’s just a flat out EXCUSE 🥱

I don't even know why this video was recommended to me 10 times. So I had to see what's it about!.

I'm a freshman right now and i am really going through it. I have the worst roommate ever.

I’m here a second time because I’ve gotten addicted to move in vlogs and bad roommate/dorm mate videos 🥴

No doubt because of PHI and HIPAA, the school was not allowed to divulge this information. It would have come from the student. However, putting the student in this kind of living situation, just waiting for disaster. No fault of you young ladies.

Sounds like all my suitemates from college. Everyone has a roommate horror story.

i’ve been your roommate probably but on a lesser scale, due to my social anxiety. makes things tough sometimes 😩. sucks how she judged you for going out though i didnt like that

Lived in a quad freshman year of college and I got REALLY close with 2 of my roommates right off the bat (and still close to them today) while the 4th roommate was strange/out there. Some of the stuff she did made me and my other roommates questioned things. Strange roommate would lay in her bed with her male friends....make out with one of said male friends (literally walked in when they did and was MAD uncomfortable)....and a handful of odd stuff. I do have to say I would LOVE LOVE LOVE to have Lauren as my college roommate (or just a roommate in general!!) I LOVE to have the general areas match and have similar colors.

Honestly you guys were too nice if it were me sis would've been confronted numerous times, regardless of her mental issues. That doesn't give you an excuse to not act like an adult most of the time, but I digress. Love this vid !!

what an awful situation for all of you... this poor girl had horrible mental health she must have been suffering.. and then to have you all caught up in it with no support! wow. so sorry you all went through this. hope your old roommate got some help

I get social anxiety, where I feel super self conscious, shy and nervous about other people liking me. Slamming doors in peoples faces, calling the cops and having temper tantrums is not really on the cards when you have social anxiety lol. You have to have a fair bit of self-esteem to behave like that.

I am sorry that this happened to you Lauren. I hope your next roommates and/or roommate are not like that. Best of luck in your sophomore year

WHEN I TELL YOU I HAD SOMEONE JUST LIKE THIS OMG

wanna know what’s worse(i’m a girl) and i’m in a suite dorm so the same set up at her, and one of my roommates is a transgender(f to m) and i’m totally fine with lgbtq but he started saying we couldn’t even act like girls, have girls over, have any girly decorations, just for him. Like go live on your own, don’t come to a dorm with 3 other girls and expect us to live like men

That's not fair though that you should have been subjected to the heat being high etc. Not cool for them to at least not remedy those situations with 'Alex'