I've never in my life cried this hard at any piece of media

How is it even possible? I don't understand, but something about the ending just hit me so hard deep down. I'm leaving for college in 2 days, and up to this point I hadn't cried at all or even felt much of any sadness, it got to the point where I was worried that I didn't care about leaving my old friends behind because I didn't feel sad at all. But Outer Wilds broke me... At the fireplace, when everybody gathered together for one final time, I realize just how rare and fleeting my time with everybody I care about is. How often will I be united with my friends from High School again, maybe I can meet them outside, but I'll never be in the same school, sharing the same classroom with them, and worrying about the same tests as them. What about my family? I'll meet them again for sure, but will I be able to live under the same roof and go to school every morning? God... those emotions have always been there, Outer Wilds just let them out. I don't know if I would have cried if I didn't have the prospect of college this proximate, but it doesn't matter, Outer Wilds is the greatest story that has ever been created, and I am thankful to everything that made me play it 2 days before college.