started sixth form after 3 years of home education and I feel incredibly lonely

Hi guys,
I am 17 years old now and at the end of year 8 my parents took me out of secondary school because I was being bullied there horribly and the school was doing nothing about it at all.
I was then home educated for 3 years and had literally no friends whatsoever.
I have now started a local sixth form college (in year 12) but I still don't have any friends and I feel incredibly lonely. A lot of the people there know each other anyway from secondary school.
Can you please give me some advice about this? If you are a UK teenager in a similar situation then please let me know in the replies to this post and describe how your situation is similar to mine.

Reply 1

cyberd00m

9

my parents took me out in yr8 for different reasons, went back in yr12, I literally just started conversations with people around me who were also alone, like people I would sit next to in class or if I was in a queue for something, also dont be afraid to approach people who are alone

Reply 2

rainstormi

9

Original post by killabitis

Hi guys,
I am 17 years old now and at the end of year 8 my parents took me out of secondary school because I was being bullied there horribly and the school was doing nothing about it at all.
I was then home educated for 3 years and had literally no friends whatsoever.
I have now started a local sixth form college (in year 12) but I still don't have any friends and I feel incredibly lonely. A lot of the people there know each other anyway from secondary school.
Can you please give me some advice about this? If you are a UK teenager in a similar situation then please let me know in the replies to this post and describe how your situation is similar to mine.

I was taken out at the very start of year 9 due to not going in, one of the reasons was because I was being bullied. I don't really have any advice for making friends in Sixth form.. I'm doing my igcses/gcses still but since being home schooled I disconnected from everyone I knew from my old secondary school. My only friends were online friends who don't live local, we're still friends now. I've gone to youth clubs but they never really worked for me because I was scared but I suggest that if you have time? My only other friends are people I met through my sibling so 😭 sorry if this doesn't help but I can relate to the loneliness.

Reply 3

BCU Student Rep

Official Rep

17

Original post by killabitis

Hi guys,
I am 17 years old now and at the end of year 8 my parents took me out of secondary school because I was being bullied there horribly and the school was doing nothing about it at all.
I was then home educated for 3 years and had literally no friends whatsoever.
I have now started a local sixth form college (in year 12) but I still don't have any friends and I feel incredibly lonely. A lot of the people there know each other anyway from secondary school.
Can you please give me some advice about this? If you are a UK teenager in a similar situation then please let me know in the replies to this post and describe how your situation is similar to mine.

Hi @killabitis

Are there any clubs at your college that you could join? This might help you to meet people with similar interests. You could also look into joining some clubs outside of your college.

Try talking to different people around your college for example, the people in your lessons.

If you get talking with something, you could invite them to do something with you. You might find that they are in a similar situation and are feeling the same as you are.

I hope that helps!

Sophie.
BCU Student Rep.

Reply 4

killabitis

OP

17

Original post by BCU Student Rep

Hi @killabitis
Are there any clubs at your college that you could join? This might help you to meet people with similar interests. You could also look into joining some clubs outside of your college.
Try talking to different people around your college for example, the people in your lessons.
If you get talking with something, you could invite them to do something with you. You might find that they are in a similar situation and are feeling the same as you are.
I hope that helps!
Sophie.
BCU Student Rep.

No because it's a tiny sixth form.

Reply 5

ydm

8

Original post by killabitis

Hi guys,
I am 17 years old now and at the end of year 8 my parents took me out of secondary school because I was being bullied there horribly and the school was doing nothing about it at all.
I was then home educated for 3 years and had literally no friends whatsoever.
I have now started a local sixth form college (in year 12) but I still don't have any friends and I feel incredibly lonely. A lot of the people there know each other anyway from secondary school.
Can you please give me some advice about this? If you are a UK teenager in a similar situation then please let me know in the replies to this post and describe how your situation is similar to mine.

Hey this is so late but I just want you to know that I completely understand how lonely it must feel, I moved around a lot and even though I had friend groups they weren't friends for the right reasons and I felt lonely for most of my school years. I would say talk to people and open up and just be friendly, I understand it might be hard to get into a friend group but having friends in classes can be much less lonely. Also when you are in sixth form or any school setting it can sometimes feel like its forever but thats further from the truth. Sixth form flies by so fast, I would suggest that you smile and be friendly and just enjoy your time. Most people our age are not judgemental and they might even invite u but if they dont that completely fine, you don't have long left trust me. Focus on your school and maybe even get a job, most of my friends met great people through jobs, other than that university is typically where most people make long term friends so focus on ur academics and securing the best unis for u.

It will get better pls don't be too upset!!

started sixth form after 3 years of home education and I feel incredibly lonely

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