Popularity. Drama. Fights. Losing my best friend. Losing myself.

If a few months or even years from now someone were to ask me what my high school experience was like, I'd list all of those things.

Today was graduation day. A day that I looked forward to since my freshman year but now that it was finally here, all I could feel was dread. I was physically and emotionally drained and all I wanted to do was bury myself under piles of blankets.

But I couldn't do that.

Instead, I sat in front of my mirror and tried my best to do my makeup and cover up the fact that...