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Only Me

Title (Dublin Core)

Only Me

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As we were all forced to be quarantined, that was when my depression hit me really badly. It was not a diagnosed depression but I was in a constant unhappy state to the point it affected my everyday life. Before Covid my relationship with my family was decent but it worsened as I had to stay home with them everyday. I constantly had arguments with my mom and because she is extremely old fashioned so it was a very frustrating process every time I tried to compromise with her. I felt that she did not love me anymore and from then on I distanced myself away from my family as a whole because I did not want to argue with them anymore. I became extremely lazy and took school less seriously. But this did not happen until I met a certain somebody. She was a very talented and hard working person however her personality drained and killed me as a person. I took quite hard classes and the home atmosphere made it difficult for me to learn so I ended up with no so good grades. When this ¨friend¨ saw my grades, she would say the most rudest and harshest things I´ve ever heard in my life. I also trusted her and some other friends with my personal problems and would sometimes rant to them to release my built up stress. However that friend told me that I overshared my life and that probably the whole school would know what goes on in my life. I did not need her nagging about how I wasn´t trying in school along with my parents so I distanced myself from everyone and restricted myself from making friends because I did not want anyone to hurt me while I was in this fragile state. For the past 2 years I suffered through a lot of mental drainage: I cried alone, worked out alone to cope with my anger, sat alone in my room to do homework I was told I was not capable to do. I felt that I was going being dragged through from hell to back and I was not willing to live anymore until I met someone this year. I was very mentally deprived and I needed someone to talk to after being pushed away and distancing myself from others for 2 years straight. My goal this year to make a new friend and I did and is probably the best decision I´ve ever made. We both went through similar things throughout the pandemic so I felt we were on the same page. He is willing to be there for me without me asking and we compliment each other and get along well and I wish to get to learn about him more later in the future. Maybe I am still alone in this. Or naybe I am not alone in this anymore, maybe another leaf will come to be next to me one day or maybe even a flower.
In the picture is a branch with a single leaf on it.

Date (Dublin Core)

November 28, 2021

Creator (Dublin Core)

God

Event Identifier (Dublin Core)

APUSH

Partner (Dublin Core)

Garden Grove High School

Type (Dublin Core)

text story
photograph

Controlled Vocabulary (Dublin Core)

English Health & Wellness
English Education--K12
English Home & Family Life

Curator's Tags (Omeka Classic)

depression
high school
argument
mother
grade
new friend

Contributor's Tags (a true folksonomy) (Friend of a Friend)

apush
Garden Grove High School

Collection (Dublin Core)

K-12
Mental Health

Linked Data (Dublin Core)

JOTPY High School Reflection

Date Submitted (Dublin Core)

11/29/2021

Date Modified (Dublin Core)

02/17/2022
04/28/2022
08/26/2022

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This item was submitted on November 29, 2021 by [anonymous user] using the form “Share Your Story” on the site “A Journal of the Plague Year”: https://covid-19archive.org/s/archive

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