I’m 16 and my best friend since I was 8 months is 18 graduating next month. I love her and we never fight and she’s the kind of person who I can just sit in silence with and be happy or not talk to for some time and go back to where we were. She has been my neighbor my whole life and she is going in state but ik I’m gonna miss her like crazy.  I’m not scared about us growing apart per-say I just worry that she won’t have time for me anymore. She’s going into STEM so ik  she’ll be crazy busy and obviously she’s going to make new friends. I have other friends my age but no one like her. She’s my rock and if I need to talk to someone I trust that isn’t my mom it’s her. She was the first person I told about my sh and she was the first one to know about my su!cidal thoughts. I don’t want to burden her with my problems bc she’s going to be doing important things for herself and she’s gonna have a completely different life to worry about. I’ve told her how much I’ll miss her and how I want her to visit when she can but I don’t think she knows just how hard this will be for us. I don’t want to lose her.  How do I become less dependent on her when she’s always been there across the street?