I hate the saying "high school is the best time of your life", but not just that, i hate it when people decide for you what is fun and what isn't, and what should you do and what shouldn't you do. F*ck off, please and let people live their own lives. (i am saying that to manipulative people, not anyone on this thread) A happy life is for all ages. Everyone should have free will and let them decide for themselves what are great and what are not so great times of their lives. Don't try to decide for them. Don't manipulate them. Don't be that kind of person.

If high school was the oh so best time for people, maybe there wouldn't be so many su1cides amongst teenagers. Teenagers also feel shy and stressed, scared if some people will hate them for being themselves, teenagers also want some me time for themselves, and some teenagers are, by nature, introverted. Introverted and extroverted, that's not really something easy to change, that's people's nature. Some people LOVE being around people and chatting, but some people love being alone and feel more alive when they're around only one or two people they're familiar with. Respect that. I feel scared around a group of many people, but when i'm around people i know, i feel alright. I just have this fear that people will hate me for being myself and that they will insult me out of blue, that's why i don't really socialize that much, i'm not sure if i have social anxiety because anxiety is not something casual to throw around, it's a serious problem. And i am not necessarily depressed, but i do feel empty and dead sometimes, and sometimes, i just get tired of life and tired of arrogance and manipulation.

However, some people can have great times in high school. I don't like the sound of that, but let them have their own lives. If they peak in high school though, that's a bit... Sad. I know i sound judgmental, but there's more to life than missing high school and wishing you were a teenager again. It's a ying yang thing for me, i don't like that some people peak in high school, but at the same time, i feel lost for my future so, maybe that's also why some people's lives change for worse after high school. For me, i did make some great friends in middle school, however, i still continue living and looking at what life can offer, because i am not nostalgic to the point i want to cry, it isn't a big part of my life, but i do guess i had some good memories, even if i wouldn't really go back. Life was nice with them, but i can also live without them.

I know that some people may say it out of good intention, but it still has a bad effect on people and doesn't really comfort them.
To me, "high school is the best time of your life" translates to "You may have some shitty teachers and feel tired and suicidal, but guess what, life sucks after this and you'll want to go back! Deal with it, kiddo.". Comforting and happy words, right? Not for me. Not everyone misses high school. People often don't even appreciate things so, i only feel nostalgic for something i actually enjoyed. Most of times, people feel nostalgic for something they don't actually miss, but not always true, some people actually feel nostalgic for better life. It's proven that nostalgia makes the past look better than it actually was, people think the past was perfect, but no. Not every past is pleasant, and not every past is bad either, but no past is perfect. Neither will future be perfect. There's no such thing as perfection, because if you give two people bread, one will thank you, the other will complain that it's not meat. Can't make everyone happy. Can't make both sides happy. There's always something positive and negative somewhere, depending on what people focus on.