FOMO and missing out

I felt like this at college too, it can be a really hard time so I'm sorry you're going through it! I promise it won't be like this forever though, I met my closest friends through working and realised I was never the problem, I just wasn't with the right people. Are there any groups/clubs near you that you might find interesting? Someone from your sixth form may have similar interests you didn't realise! Lastly, you are absolutely cool and good enough, you just need to meet the right people to help you realise it

I think I’ve missed out on life somehow and I feel like I’m falling behind all my peers.
I don’t like the people around me in sixth form, I feel a lot of regret about the school I chose and not leaving sooner, and I feel like I’m not cool or good enough.
I’m not having fun or making friends I’m just … here.
Everyone else is happy and I just feel like I’m not and I’m tired.

As somebody who has been to college and sixth form I completely know how you feel I left college level three childcare because I wasn’t guaranteed the second year and the people around me were quite frankly horrible. I moved to 6th form in October hoping for something better and the people I met there were nice but they weren’t the type of people I originally spent time with in in my old school, so it was tough. When I tried speaking to people I didn’t feel as included and because everyone had been together for such a long time, everybody knew everybody it was harder to build a strong connection, normally I’m good with making friends but the thing is I had people in my school, but they weren’t my people and sometimes you just have to find your people. They may be quiet. They may be loud. They may be much different than the friends that you have already got outside of school but you gotta go for it! Don’t feel like you’re uncool because you’re amazing for even leaving the comfort of your old school. For me I felt I didn’t fit in and on top of that I didn’t wanna do a-levels. I’m just wondering what year you’re in because I’ve just left school (year 12) to start an apprenticeship and bear in mind more apprenticeships will be popping up in January, so there is still time if you wanted to do that instead! Wishing you the best of luck on finding your people. I’m sure you’ll be able to because you deserve someone to talk to and feel like you can go to and hang around with in school, and you will find that it’s just a matter of talking to people getting to know their personalities and finding your group again. Good luck you’ve got this!

I think I’ve missed out on life somehow and I feel like I’m falling behind all my peers.
I don’t like the people around me in sixth form, I feel a lot of regret about the school I chose and not leaving sooner, and I feel like I’m not cool or good enough.
I’m not having fun or making friends I’m just … here.
Everyone else is happy and I just feel like I’m not and I’m tired.