Less support from friends

Believe it or not, this is a common experience. While you may --MAY-- keep a high school friend for life, most people find that high school friendships run their course as lives diverge.

You are on a different path. You will naturally acquire new friendship circles as you travel it. Embrace your future and you won't worry too much about what people from your past think if they obviously don't spend much energy thinking about you.

I'm going through something similar - though I'm older than you by a bit I think, and most of my high school friends and I have parted ways over the years.

I think it's really normal - as we grow our goals and dreams change, and so a lot of our friendships change, too. It also doesn't help that school takes up a significant amount of time and you just don't have the time (or energy) to put into your relationships that you did before.

I'm in the process of trying to heal a very important friendship that was damaged over the last semester. I won't take all the blame for it, but part of it was just my lack of interest in anything but school, my family and sleep. I'm trying to be mindful and make an effort, but it's hard.

Good luck!

Thank you so much for your response! And I am 23 years old. And you are so right, all friendships do not last forever, very valid point. Thank you again!

Thank you for your response! And that honestly makes me feel better knowing it is very common. I do worry a lot about others and I shouldn't allow that to continue for the rest of my life. Thank you for the amazing advice.

I'm glad this is more common than I thought it was. It does get harder and sometimes it's not our fault. I hope your friendship maintains and gets stronger in the long run. Thank you so much for your advice and input. Best of luck to you as well!

I loved that quote! Im definitely going to post that quote in my room. Thank you so much for your response and best of luck to you as well in your endeavors in life!

What kind of support are you looking for that you are not getting from your friends?

By the end of college, I was in touch with exactly zero friends from high school. People grow up, change, life moves on. Friendships come and go in life. You will get out into the "real world" and find new friends all over again as you create a whole new life for yourself. Sometimes it is bittersweet, but its life. I can honestly say that the best times of my life happened AFTER college. Don't spend too much time looking back - look forward!

Wishing you lots of luck!

Um, you need to drop them like a bad habit.

The only friend I talked to from high school I don't any more & for the same reason you stated. She wasn't supportive of my wanting to continue my nursing education to become an RN.

She is a brilliant woman. She graduated 1 university with a bachelor's degree but the couldn't find work with said degree. So she figured I was getting good jobs & making good money, she would become a nurse. So she aced the rest of the prerequisites she needed, the entrance exam & got in to the ABSN program on her first try. She *hated* nursing school & I knew she would. She hates interacting with people & cannot feign empathy to save her life. So after graduating at the top of her class & passing the NCLEX on her first try she put off looking for a job. When she eventually *did* get a job she only stayed there for 3 months then quit.

After that whole mess any time I talked to her about how I wanted to become an RN she would bash nursing like it was the worst job ever. Not only was I offended, I was irritated. I had been working as a nurse for at least 4 years before she became a nurse. I knew what I was dealing with. I eventually had enough & cut her out of my life. I'd rather have no friends than friends who bring me down. Life is too short for that bull.