Loss Personal Narrative

Everyone experiences loss at least once in their lives. Loss of loved ones,friends, family, etc. Although I’ve experienced the loss of all of those, the hardest loss I’ve come to encounter so far is the loss of myself. There are different types of loss, passing away, or just not talking anymore. Well I haven’t died and i'm with myself 24/7 whether I enjoy it or not. The loss I’ve experienced is the loss of my identity and well being throughout my childhood.. Growing up my personality was very outgoing and happy. I always wanted to be part of what was going on. Eventually though that pretty much came to an end around 4th grade when my parents got divorced. They decided that they wouldn’t fully separate just yet and would continue to live together for as long as they could stand it. Well that lasted until I was 14 years old, when my mom, Martha decided she could no longer live with my other mom, Minnie. Martha had been dating someone for a while and she was ready to move on and out of the house. It was extremely hard to see Minnie struggle so much without Martha after they went their separate ways. After this happened I fell into a depression and just stopped caring about everything and everyone. I hated my parents and everyone …show more content…
By 10th grade I had no friends and had gained 70 pounds which made everything even worse. I -began to skip class and refuse to go to school anymore because I was so ashamed of my appearance and how much I had let myself go. 11th grade rolled around and by the middle of the school year, I had already accumulated 40 absences. I failed 2 classes and was told I would have to retake them in 12th grade. Senior year was the hardest, I was failing all my classes, and was put into special ed which didn’t help at all. By december I had already missed a month of school and was told I couldn’t graduate. I had reached my breaking point, and one night I attempted