Essay On Middle School Anxiety

When I was a naïve little girl in middle school, I always had a problem speaking up for myself whether it was to stand up against a bully, answer the teacher when called upon, or voicing my opinions to my close friends. I’ve always had a problem with voicing my opinions and speaking loudly because I was fearful to be judged or to feel useless when I spoke them. I was an awkward adolescent, 14 year old girl who had many insecurities and always muttered under her breath when called on in class. I was shy when it came to just being myself in front of my other peers. My shyness and insecurities didn’t really help with the fact that I had to do presentations in front of the class and had to socialize when we were paired up with partners to work together. I was a nervous wreck when it came to presenting anything about myself in front of my peers and teachers because I …show more content…
It was the summer before my first year of high school and I honestly didn’t know whether it was the nerves of going to a higher school level or the fact that I would have to make new friends and forget my few friends that I had in middle school considering we all moved apart during that time. During that summer, I tried to better myself by acting and pretending that I was an outgoing person who had lived during her middle school years and who was thrilled for the first day of class. I constantly went to the park and I also biked around my neighborhood to see what I could do and who I could meet. The time flew by and I had finally made some friends who were the complete opposite of me. I was better at calming my nerves that I didn’t care whether I was acting as myself because I didn’t have to shrink myself away in a tiny box anymore, I could finally let myself