u/OpportunitySalt4067

I graduated high school yesterday, and honestly I don’t even know how to feel about it.

It’s weird because I grew up watching all these shows about high school and senior year and graduation, and I always kind of related to them. Now I can't and it's just...depressing.

After the ceremony, I drove back home and the whole ride was just quiet. Like not peaceful quiet, but empty quiet. I kept thinking about how I’ve spent basically my entire life in school. Since I was little, everything was always built around school. Elementary school, middle school, high school, it all kind of blended together, and now it’s just done.

And the part that really hit me the most crazily is realizing that some of these people I’ve known for years, some literally since elementary school, some since middle school, some just from high school, might actually never see again. Parents told me life moves on, but this seems like something way to big to just move on from.

I don’t think I’m sad in a simple way. It’s more like I feel weirdly empty. Like I’m supposed to be happy and excited, and I am in some ways, but I also feel like a huge part of my life just ended and I don’t really know what to do with that feeling yet.

So I just graduated high school yesterday. I grew up watching a lot of shows that were based on high school life etc and I sort of related to them. Now I am no longer in HS. I drove back home after the graduation ceremony knowing I won't be seeing some of these people I shared the last 12 years with ever again, either from elementary, others in Middle school, and the rest in high school, and that drive back home was just quiet. So quiet and empty. Ever since I could think, I was in the education system (k-12) and now that its over, I seriously don't know how to process this.

So I just graduated high school yesterday. I grew up watching a lot of shows that were based on high school life etc and I sort of related to them. Now I am no longer in HS. I drove back home after the graduation ceremony knowing I won't be seeing some of these people I shared the last 12 years with ever again, either from elementary, others in Middle school, and the rest in high school, and that drive back home was just quiet. So quiet and empty. Ever since I could think, I was in the education system (k-12) and now that its over, I seriously don't know how to process this.