<p>Firstly, this is a completely serious topic so please only respond if it's going to be supportive/helpful. Please no jokes :).</p>
<p>So basically, I'm heading off to college in less than a week and although I'm very excited about the experience (I know it's going to be AWESOME) I have been getting really, really sad about the transition. And the odd thing about it is that I'm not usually an emotional person at all.</p>
<p>It just seems like everything went SO FAST and I can't believe it's over. I miss my childhood, high school experience, friends, and family like i never thought i would. I would give anything to go back and do it over again even just for a day.</p>
<p>Basically all of my best friends are gone now and I feel horrible. Not to mention, I'm leaving behind a girl i love with all my heart and don't know how I'm going to live without her. I actually cried for the first time in a while the other day.</p>
<p>So yeah, I know it sounds kinda weird coming from a guy buy I honestly mean everything i said. Thanks for your help in advance.</p>
<p>You’ll be fine, just be patient. While you are losing some things, you are gaining a LOT as you enter college, too. Right now you are in a position where you are losing things but haven’t gotten the benefits of being in college yet. Very soon you will have new things to focus on and it will ease the sting of letting the old things go. And once you get there and get settled, you may find you don’t miss things as much as you thought you would.</p>
<p>Look back on your memories, but move on with your life. I know it can be a sad thing, I have so many friends leaving for college in other states this year. You will eventually get over it though.</p>
<p>I think everyone feels the same pain that you do before going to college. It’s definitely normal whether you’re a guy/girl. High school does go by super fast it’s kind of crazy! But like someone else said worship those special moments and remember them. </p>
<p>We’re all terrified before we go off about leaving our friends behind and loved ones but college is such a chance of opportunity. You meet so many great new people who expose you to new ideas and cultures. In fact, I think college brought me even closer to my high school friends. With the helps of Facebook (FB videos become really popular in college imo), skype and texting it’s not hard to keep in contact Everyone I know LOVES college but are still very close with their high school friends. Overall, I think you’ll be fine! Have fun and enjoy!</p>
<p>You will collect a lot of experiences throughout your life. Right now you’re looking back on your HS experience – because all your HS friends have left already! – but you haven’t yet started to experience college. You’re in no-man’s-land right now.</p>
<p>Every new experience brings with it some sadness at the passing of the old experience. You collect all these things throughout your life and they make you who you are.</p>
<p>I’m not a great fan, and I hope this doesn’t sound cheesy, but the sentiment in Jordan Sparks’ popular song “Tattoo” sort of says it. It’s always on your heart; it’s always a part of you. Sad, yes, but everything lives on inside you.</p>
<p>you have to realize that almost EVERYONE who has been to college, has felt what you are feeling,. you have to relax, you are not alone, and college is the best time of your life, the best is yet to come. BE EXCITED</p>
<p>remember those amazing days when you were younger and you thought to yourself, oh wow… this was the best day of my life? and then as time went by and you found a gf, and you said to yourself. this is now my new best day of my life? the same will happen again in college. it just takes time.</p>
<p>Facebook and skype/oovoo really help in college.
You’re leaving behind your HS friends but you’ll make so many more friends and connections in college.
And when you go back home between semesters and hang out with your old friends, you’ll have so much more to talk about.
Absence makes the heart grow fonder (:</p>
<p>Ok I totally understand and your feelings are normally and understandable.</p>
<p>I haven’t even gone on to college yet and I already miss my sister. But just know that everyone misses someone and something.</p>
<p>Try to keep in touch with old friends while making new ones, call your parents sometimes if you need to talk and just look put on some Ingird Michaelson, look through old photo albums and have a nice cry</p>
<p>Relax, everyone is in the same boat. I think college is a very supportive environment. Sure it is scary, but I promise that you will be ready to cry when you are graduating in four years. Enjoy every day!</p>
Everyone I know LOVES college but are still very close with their high school friends. Overall, I think you’ll be fine! Have fun and enjoy!</p>