<p>I am finishing up this fall, but I can walk this term for my bachelor’s in psychology. (I need to take a few more program-specific courses for OT school in the summer/fall). I’m the first generation college student, and I have a… unique family situation where I was raised with my grandparents because my mother and father were not around. I come from a family with a lot of fighting where I moved out on campus last year to have more peace and just focus on my studies. For my high school graduation, my mother showed up drunk and was being obnoxious. Also, since I am deciding to do something in the field of psychology instead of doing pre-med still, my grandparents said they were “worried I was going to end up like my mother since I don’t know what to do with my life”. This really irritated me and I’ve never had a strong emotional support system, or healthy family life. I almost don’t even want to go to the ceremony because it’s just a day I’m going to be dreading, and my family never believed in me anyway. Do I not walk and just get the diploma?</p>