LOL LOL LOL

[??????]

I'm not feeling it.
I get to see a bunch of overly-emotional people telling me how much they miss me (They rarely ever speak to me anyways, oh wait--I reject their invitations!) and I don't do well with crowds.

MAKE MY CHOICES I'M PSYCHOLOGICAL ILL

Could this choice affect my entire life forever?

[Samus Aran]

just go or don't, it's not a big deal but idk it was kinda nice to get some pictures taken and stuff

[??????]

just go or don't, it's not a big deal but idk it was kinda nice to get some pictures taken and stuff

tell me the details of your graduation to conduct an accurate decision skewed by personal biases 

[Samus Aran]

tell me the details of your graduation to conduct an accurate decision skewed by personal biases 

uhh it was exactly what you'd expect a graduation ceremony to be

we walked in a very specified manner and order to our seats, listened to some teachers and the superintendent talk, and then got called up for our diplomas, and then we went outside and threw up our caps for a picture, and then went back in to just hang out and talk to people and say some goodbyes and stuff

[??????]

uhh it was exactly what you'd expect a graduation ceremony to be

we walked in a very specified manner and order to our seats, listened to some teachers and the superintendent talk, and then got called up for our diplomas, and then we went outside and threw up our caps for a picture, and then went back in to just hang out and talk to people and say some goodbyes and stuff

no, not that
tell me what went through your mind and what you've felt 

[sans culottes]

Graduation is a boring fucking ceremony that people sit through because it's tradition and makes something almost everyone does look like an accomplishment.

[Daddy]

i hugged my teacher omg

[Samus Aran]

no, not that
tell me what went through your mind and what you've felt 

"this is boring"

really, it's not special but it's not like it's unbearable, it's just kinda boring unless maybe you're the valedictorian i guess

[Cookie]

Yeah, mine was really boring. If I were to go back I would not have gone.

[Mando Pandango]

I don't see why you wouldn't. I mean, it's not even about seeing people for the last time and saying your goodbyes. For me, it was about an official end of childhood, and a sign that I was finally moving on with my life.

[snorkel]

No

[the shortest route to the sea]

Even if it's boring and stupid, it's a once-in-a-liifetime thing. If you have something which is more meaningful and rare, though, I guess do that.

In psychological terms, events like graduation and commencement function as "signposts." By defining the contours of your life through signposting, i.e. surrounding yourself with habits, events, and objects which contain a clear symbolism and help demarcate one thing from another, it is much easier to make sense of things. Or give you you energy to focus on being even crazier.

[??????]

Even if it's boring and stupid, it's a once-in-a-liifetime thing. If you have something which is more meaningful and rare, though, I guess do that.

In psychological terms, events like graduation and commencement function as "signposts." By defining the contours of your life through signposting, i.e. surrounding yourself with habits, events, and objects which contain a clear symbolism and help demarcate one thing from another, it is much easier to make sense of things. Or give you you energy to focus on being even crazier.

Aren't many opportunities a "once-in-a-life-time" thing? I first would have to have a reason as to why I would apply anything in my life as a signpost, and for what purpose. Am I suppose to add personal significance to it if I never really cared about it in the first place? Are signposts necessary? Wouldn't a gradual notice of self-growth be enough?

[Socks]

Wouldn't a gradual notice of self-growth be enough?

consider who you're addressing the question to.

[the shortest route to the sea]

Aren't many opportunities a "once-in-a-life-time" thing? I first would have to have a reason as to why I would apply anything in my life as a signpost, and for what purpose. Am I suppose to add personal significance to it if I never really cared about it in the first place? Are signposts necessary? Wouldn't a gradual notice of self-growth be enough?

If you have something rarer or more worthwhile to do, then do it. I didn't go to my high school prom, which was a once-in-a-lifetime thing, for a lot of the same reasons you don't want to go to your graduation, and some others having to do with my mental health. Instead I've been trying to spend as much time as possible with the other students in a meaningful way.

None of pyschology is necessary. It's just a thing which can be helpful.   Slow growth is the way I process things mostly (yes, socks), but the signposting helps me out a bit. Or my shrink has convinced me it does.