this isn’t ocd related but me venting instead. i am graduating high school next saturday and i can’t help but think that i wasted my 4 years there. never drank, never done drugs, and never gone to parties. i feel so painfully boring and i am really leaving without having these experiences and it hurts. i am also going to community college for financial reasons and i am just missing more of it :/

Drinking and Drugs is not Real fun. Its destructive and is a result of unresolved issues, it may seem like its fun but those who do it are suffering.

i’m not sure it this will notify you guys but thank you very much for your replies :) i know i shouldn’t care much about it and i really never did until my boyfriend’s friend asked me about it and bc of that question, i started being aware of how i didn’t have those experiences so it looked like i was boring. i don’t really care for stuff like that and especially having anxiety and ocd i don’t really have such desire for it if all it’s going to do is affect me negatively. again, thank you guys for your words:)

I went to CC and used good grades there to get to a top university in my state. It saves THOUSANDS of dollars, and by getting good grades in CC, you can apply to clubs or be invited to PTK and transfer with guaranteed scholarships which will make you save more money than going immediately into university from high school. OCD often has a comorbidity of anxiety, depression which can lead to substance abuse.. so be cautious.

drinking and doing drugs isn’t what makes highschool fun. real fun in highschool is about the moments and times you spent with friends, family, crushes, at dances, school trips, summer break, etc. drinking and drugs isn’t what makes the moment or what makes “fun”.

Why would doing drugs and getting shitfaced like other people do supposedly be the highlight of your college experience instead of... getting a degree?

I felt like that after high school. Now i don’t care since I know a lot of it is just expectations. I didn’t drink or party because that’s not the kind of person I am. I’m 26 and happy with my adolescence