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Okay, I’ve been seeing a lot of people talk about their least favorite Criminal Minds characters and I genuinely wanna know 😭 Like, I’m not even trying to argue with anybody, I actually wanna understand people’s opinions because I LOVE this show and I’ve been dedicated to this show for years. Like this is literally my show 😭
So tell me who your LEAST favorite character is and please explain why. Like, I don’t just wanna see a name. I wanna know EVERYTHING.
Was it when they first came onto the show? Did you just immediately not like them? Or did you actually like them at first and then something happened that changed your opinion of them?
Like what was the specific point where you were like, “Yeah, I don’t like this person anymore”? 😭
And also, is it actual hatred for the character, or do you just dislike them? Like, did they do something that pissed you off? Is it their personality? The way they treated another character? Something the writers did with them? Or do you just not connect with them like that?
Because I feel like everybody has their favorites, and then you have those characters where you’re just kinda like… eh. Like I don’t hate them, but I don’t love them either. 😂
I really wanna hear people’s perspectives because I feel like I understand exactly why I love my favorite characters, but I wanna know what made YOU feel the opposite about yours.
And please don’t just say “Haley” or “Reid” or “JJ” and leave 😭😭😭 I need the BACKSTORY. Give me the episode, the season, the moment, the reason, ALL OF IT.
I wanna know where the frustration/hatred actually came from because that’s the interesting part to me.

I graduated high school a couple of months ago, and I don’t think I was prepared for how deeply I would grieve leaving my teachers.
I’m not talking about missing school or homework. I mean missing the people.
I had five teachers who became my emotional support system over the years. They read my writing. They listened when I was struggling. They celebrated my accomplishments. They knew parts of my life that very few people know.
I still have ways to contact all of them. I have a phone number, a personal email, school email addresses, and Remind. So it’s not like they’re completely gone.
But that’s almost what makes this harder.
People tell me, “You can always email them,” or “Go visit them.”
The thing is… visiting isn’t the same as seeing someone every day.
An email isn’t the same as walking into their classroom during lunch.
Nothing brings back the ordinary moments that I didn’t realize I’d miss so much.
I also haven’t reached out because I genuinely don’t know what to say.
How do you fit years of gratitude, conversations, inside jokes, support, and love into one email?
How do you tell someone they helped shape your life without feeling like the words aren’t enough?
And I think another part of me is scared to make it feel real.
As long as I don’t send the email, a tiny part of my brain can pretend this isn’t really over yet.
Once I do, I have to face the fact that this chapter of my life is actually over, and I don’t know if I’m ready for that.
I’m starting college in a few weeks, and I’m excited. I know I’ll eventually meet new people. But right now I’m grieving people who helped me become who I am.
I know reaching out won’t fix that.
I know talking to them won’t magically make everything feel the way it used to.
I just miss them.
More than I ever thought I would.
Has anyone else felt like this after graduation? Did you eventually reach out to your teachers? If you did, what did you even say? And did it help at all, or did it just make you miss them more?

I feel guilty even writing this because I know I should be grateful for what I did get, but I'm struggling with disappointment after graduation.

I graduated near the top of my class, earned college credits while I was still in high school, and worked really hard for years. My mom has been my biggest supporter and she got me an iPhone 17 through a trade-in, which I am genuinely grateful for.

The thing is, graduation ended up feeling a lot smaller than I expected. I didn't get many personal texts or cards from extended family, and because our ceremony had limited tickets, a lot of people couldn't attend. I keep every card I've ever received because I love rereading them, so acknowledgment means a lot to me.

Part of why this is hitting me so hard is that high school wasn't just school for me. During those years, I was also processing childhood sexual abuse, dealing with sexual harassment from someone I trusted, and trying to work through a lot of other difficult experiences. Graduating felt like a huge accomplishment because of everything I was carrying while doing it.

I don't think I'm upset only about gifts. Money and gift cards would have been nice too, but I think what hurts most is feeling like not many people recognized how much this milestone meant to me.

Am I being ungrateful, or is it reasonable to feel disappointed even when I appreciate what I did receive?

I graduated yesterday and I honestly don’t know how to feel.

It feels like I should be happy. And I am — I think. I’m relieved, I’m proud of myself, I know I worked really hard and I accomplished a lot. I took AP classes, I was at the top of my class, I did everything I was “supposed” to do.

But right now I mostly feel numb.

Like I’m still processing that it actually ended.

High school wasn’t just classes for me. It was the people. The few friends who made everything lighter. The few teachers who genuinely made school worth waking up for. The ones who made me feel like I wasn’t just a student passing through a system, but a person someone actually noticed.

A lot of the time, I wasn’t doing things for myself. I was doing them because I didn’t want to disappoint those people. Because they made me feel like I mattered enough to keep going.

And now I don’t see them every day anymore.

That part is hitting me harder than I expected.

There’s this strange mix of emotions I didn’t really expect at all. Relief that I made it. Pride that I got through it. Sadness that it’s over. And this weird emptiness I can’t really explain — like something very important just ended, but my life hasn’t caught up to it yet.

It doesn’t even feel real yet that I said goodbye to people who were part of my everyday life for four years. Teachers who felt like stability. Friends who felt like home. People who made even the hardest days feel a little more bearable just by existing in them with me.

I keep thinking about how I won’t just see them in the hallway anymore. Or sit in those classrooms. Or have those small conversations that ended up meaning more than they probably realized.

And I don’t think I realized how much I depended on that until it was gone.

I’m proud of myself. I really am. I know I worked hard to get here.

But I guess I just didn’t expect it to feel like this.

Has anyone else felt like this after graduating? Like proud, but also kind of lost and numb at the same time?

I don’t really know how to put it into words better than that.