Overcoming Obstacles

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Everyone struggles with certain things all through their lives and everyone handles their struggles differently. Some run away from their problems; others face them head on. I’ve faced many obstacles and struggles in my lifetime. Some were easy to defeat but I’m still learning how to handle others. . I was always the loud kid. When I was little, I was never afraid to make my voice heard and I remained this way up until middle school. Suddenly, my loudness and outgoing personality made me obnoxious rather than funny or likeable. It now made me isolated and the object of everyone’s jokes. The people I once called friends now called me obscene names and implied what I must have done with that big mouth of mine. They told me no one really loved

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