feeling fomo
I’m in year 12 but didn’t feel like my sixth form was my place (mainly socially, because while the teachers are good I don’t feel like the people are my kind of people and I don’t fit in), but when I tried to switch to the only other sixth form I wanted to go to/was considering, it was full 
Now I’m feeling super down and really regretful. I’m wishing I had emailed the other sixth form sooner, and maybe I could’ve gotten in. I wish I didn’t wait for it to get better because it really isn’t, I feel like crying everyday and I feel horrible because I feel like I won’t make any close or meaningful friends and I’ll be wasting my teenage years… everyone else seems to be having fun in sixth form and making new friends but all my friends are in different sixth forms and are making new friends
I’m worried that I won’t find good friends at uni and I need to make friends now, because I’m a kinda nerdy enthusiast person, and I worry that I won’t be able to make friends that will let me be nerdy without it being weird it feels terrible because I do have a friend from secondary in my sixth form who I love to be around, but our new friends I don’t like hanging around so much and I feel miserable all the time, but she likes them so she hangs out with them a lot … I really have tried to try with our friendship but I don’t feel anything at all and I just don’t enjoy being around them
The people at my sixth form are mostly internals (girls school) who are in close friend groups, or externals who stuck together, and if it’s a mix it’s mostly only because they knew each other out of school in secondary I wonder if it’s just my fault for being too picky because everyone else is making friends and I have people who I kind of hang around with but it makes me feel awful to because they’re not my kind of people, they’re nice but I can’t help but feel awkward or bored or even annoyed around them
I keep wishing I was in the other sixth form because it’s bigger, there are more people I know there and other small things I’m only now noticing, like how I prefer the location and building, and I keep getting angry and upset at myself for not emailing the school for late enrolment sooner. It’s a more creative and free school and I could’ve found people with the same personalities or interests as me. I know that you can be friends with all kinds of people, my current friend group is evidence of that, but the people at my current school feel too distant and unfamiliar and different to me. I know it’s a lesson to learn, and not everything in life is gonna go perfectly, but I genuinely have never felt lower in my life
I chose this sixth form over the other one (it was between the two) on impulse because it performed slightly better educationally and 2 friends were going (one ended up going to the one I want to go now though), but I really ******* regret choosing this school and leaving it so late expecting things to get better, because now I’m stuck and I really really wish I had enrolled in that school instead
Now I’m feeling super down and really regretful. I’m wishing I had emailed the other sixth form sooner, and maybe I could’ve gotten in. I wish I didn’t wait for it to get better because it really isn’t, I feel like crying everyday and I feel horrible because I feel like I won’t make any close or meaningful friends and I’ll be wasting my teenage years… everyone else seems to be having fun in sixth form and making new friends but all my friends are in different sixth forms and are making new friends
I’m worried that I won’t find good friends at uni and I need to make friends now, because I’m a kinda nerdy enthusiast person, and I worry that I won’t be able to make friends that will let me be nerdy without it being weird
it feels terrible because I do have a friend from secondary in my sixth form who I love to be around, but our new friends I don’t like hanging around so much and I feel miserable all the time, but she likes them so she hangs out with them a lot … I really have tried to try with our friendship but I don’t feel anything at all and I just don’t enjoy being around themThe people at my sixth form are mostly internals (girls school) who are in close friend groups, or externals who stuck together, and if it’s a mix it’s mostly only because they knew each other out of school in secondary
I wonder if it’s just my fault for being too picky because everyone else is making friends and I have people who I kind of hang around with but it makes me feel awful to because they’re not my kind of people, they’re nice but I can’t help but feel awkward or bored or even annoyed around themI keep wishing I was in the other sixth form because it’s bigger, there are more people I know there and other small things I’m only now noticing, like how I prefer the location and building, and I keep getting angry and upset at myself for not emailing the school for late enrolment sooner. It’s a more creative and free school and I could’ve found people with the same personalities or interests as me. I know that you can be friends with all kinds of people, my current friend group is evidence of that, but the people at my current school feel too distant and unfamiliar and different to me. I know it’s a lesson to learn, and not everything in life is gonna go perfectly, but I genuinely have never felt lower in my life
I chose this sixth form over the other one (it was between the two) on impulse because it performed slightly better educationally and 2 friends were going (one ended up going to the one I want to go now though), but I really ******* regret choosing this school and leaving it so late expecting things to get better, because now I’m stuck and I really really wish I had enrolled in that school instead
Any advice would be appreciated
Hey, I'm sorry to hear you're feeling this way. Unfortunately, life throws situations like these at us every so often, and we'll be put with people we initially can't even imagine making friends with. The truth is, this isn't something you can escape, but rather something you should take on. So you're a nerdy enthusiast - what's wrong with that?! 😛 Are there societies at your school of interest? If so, joining those would be a great way to meet like-minded people! Girls' schools can be harsh, I know, but you'll find your people - even if it means putting yourself out there and acting a lot more confident than you feel.
Good luck!
Good luck!
Original post by Anonymous
Hey, I'm sorry to hear you're feeling this way. Unfortunately, life throws situations like these at us every so often, and we'll be put with people we initially can't even imagine making friends with. The truth is, this isn't something you can escape, but rather something you should take on. So you're a nerdy enthusiast - what's wrong with that?! 😛 Are there societies at your school of interest? If so, joining those would be a great way to meet like-minded people! Girls' schools can be harsh, I know, but you'll find your people - even if it means putting yourself out there and acting a lot more confident than you feel.
Good luck!
Good luck!
I don’t know if there’s societies, but there are clubs? Idk if any of them are really for my specific interests or hobbies though ☹️☹️
Thabk you for your advice!! Hopefully I will find my people 💗
Original post by Anonymous
I don’t know if there’s societies, but there are clubs? Idk if any of them are really for my specific interests or hobbies though ☹️☹️
Thabk you for your advice!! Hopefully I will find my people 💗
Thabk you for your advice!! Hopefully I will find my people 💗
Some sixth forms let you make your own societies - if there isn't one, make one! If you advertise it well and people turn up, you could find like-minded individuals that way
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