Let Me Out I’m Stuck

Is who you were who you are meant to be?

Photo by Alex Iby on Unsplash

I don’t remember much before I was twenty. In high school, most of my memories are a blur of anxiety about fitting in. Do they like me? Will I be invited? Do I look pretty enough?

These thoughts drowned out my teenage years. They consumed me. I had no personality or passion beyond being included.