Letters to the Editor
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I agree
As usual, I feel uncomfortable diagnosing a letter writer that I'll never meet, but if you do go to a doctor, he/she will almost certainly give you a diagnosis (probably high functioning autism since that seems popular lately) and load you up with samples of whatever drug the drug reps have delivered that day. I have never known anyone who saw a shrink and was told, "No, what you're feeling is perfectly natural; it's called being human, and we all have times where we feel like we're falling apart."
Not to say drugs and therapy don't work. They do. So do a lot of other things. If you are going to college and living in a dorm with your peers for four years, you can probably delay deciding about what you want to do in the "real world." College is a great time to try out different roles and personas. In college, you will meet many people who seem to have it all together and have their future perfectly planned. It's an illusion. They probably aren't as self-confident as they're trying to appear.
Good luck with whatever route you take.