April 26, 2025 by Emily J. Harrison

I used to be a good student. My GPA was solid, around 3.8, and I felt like I had a bright future ahead of me. But that all changed when I started getting burnt out. I was in a group of friends who, honestly, didn’t care about anything but themselves. They’d refuse to do group assignments, leaving me to carry the entire weight. It drained me. Eventually, I took a semester off, hoping I could recharge, but now, as my final exams are approaching, I realize just how much I’ve lost.

I haven’t learned anything. At all. And my finals are tomorrow. It’s like everything I worked for has just crumbled, and I don’t know how to get back up. I look at my university friends, and it’s like a sea of backstabbers. No one’s real. They’re only interested in furthering their own agendas, talking badly about each other when they think no one’s listening. It’s all so fake. And my friends outside of uni? They’re just “friends” on paper. People I talk to, but no one I can truly confide in.

The only person I thought I could rely on left, and now I feel more alone than ever. I’ve been trying to figure out where I went wrong, and how I can fix everything, but I don’t even know where to start anymore.

It feels like I’m standing at a crossroads, unsure of which way to turn. I don’t have the energy or motivation anymore, and I’m so scared of what’s going to happen if I don’t turn things around.