I was born into a childhood of instability, poverty, abuse, pain, and self loathing. I was reminded almost daily that I was a terrible mistake, I didn’t fit in, I had the inability to trust anyone even those closest too me. I became a chameleon, I blended in the best I could, trying my hardest not to be seen as broken. I was active in sports throughout my young school life, always pretending to be normal, hiding the abuse, putting on that happy mask to hide the pain. And for 17 years I endured, I watched friends commit suicide, suffered the varying degrees of parental […]
