Fear Of Being Singled Out Analysis

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When you have a family who think the bible is the best thing on earth, you tend to hide a lot of things from them. What you hide are things you feel like you would be told are wrong, because the bible says so. Well I hate to burst their bible, but I'm not going to believe one man's beliefs, that they can’t even prove lived. The bible is one man's opinion in a book form. What’s so special about believing in it, how I feel about it’s the way most people feel about donald trump becoming president he is one man who believes in his own opinion and only his. People think one person beliefs are wrong, but that's just it, it's an opinion; and it’s a choice to have the same feelings about it or not. The things you want when you are a kid vs. now change …show more content…
My family knew I was a different. I remember one christmas gathering when my cousins were taking a picture together I stood there across the room from them waiting for them to ask me to join them: they never did it broke my heart that the people I grew up with who always played with me, never wanted to be seen with me in one family photo. As I realised this I thought about all the other times with “friends” and family when I was excluded, or singled out for not wanting to enter act with them. Looking back now I have realised I don’t like the way my family acts. When I look at them I feel a hatred for the way they act and talk about each …show more content…
My aunt just recently found out I was gay. When she asked me she mouthed the words as if she was afraid someone would hear her ask, so me being a smart elick I said “Yes, I am very much gay, and I’m very proud of it.” She backed off after that a little shocked by my answer. Then she found out about my one stretched ear, oh boy in her eyes it was the end of the world. I can still remember her insults “Nobody is going to hire you, they will think you are a trend sweater, not a leader.” All I could do was look down and hold back tears. All I want to be is me, and who I am is a shy, girl loving, gage wearing, anxiety ridden, depressed, rock and roll loving, short, complicated, wants to be free, caring, gentle as a teddy bear, with a temper when someone hurts another, hard as a rock, animal lover who believes in the impossible, teenager with

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