Personal Narrative: Why Rock Bottom Hurts?

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Rock bottom hurts. I’m not sure even to this day which hurt more, my way to rock bottom, hitting every stick and stone on the way down, or the collision, comparable to an atomic bomb landing straight on top of me. When I was young I was happy; when I was a teen I was happy. What was I happy for? My grades, honors classes, being rewarded for getting a’s, feeling like I was exceptional because I was good at something, and my friends. I was a blooming social butterfly, everyone knew my name, everyone liked me; I never felt alone. I had my family and I was taken care of, living the life by the lake. I had support and love no matter what, with my family, I had no worries. Then I brushed against the smallest of sticks, so small I couldn’t feel it, I didn’t know I was invading this deep, dark well; I was falling into hell. all I saw was light and I was excited. “Rob enters from left stage.”
“Hey, I’m always here if you need someone to talk to”. I’ve seen this guy before, I had added him a year before and never once messaged him, but tonight I was. “Hey, thank you, do I know you?”, I thought about every
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One day I chose him other my dad, I lost my family. When I chose him over family; I didn’t care, at first. I was young and I was living with my wonderful boyfriend! What could go wrong? Well ladies and gentlemen, life, life could go very wrong. He hated me. He would have never had said it, and at first I didn’t even notice. I was everything he could not stand in a human being. It was slight at first, the harshness of his voice and words can only be compared to the sound of rattle snake rattling its tail, sending jolts of fear threw me, but only seldom. Then seldom became often and words became hands. I could feel the branches hit me and I started to realize the light fading at the top of the well. Believe me, I tried to leave. Leaving someone you love is hard and being the snake he was, convinced me to come back into the arms of pure

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