Personal Narrative: Fought Through The Labyrinth Of Solitude

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My six word memoir was “Fought through the labyrinth of solitude” because I wasn’t really alone physically because I had my family but none of them understood me or I couldn’t show them I true self, like who I really am. It wasn’t really easy to do because I felt insecure even though I shouldn’t feel that way. I stayed true to myself and I kept that in mind and it gave me the strength to push through. So mentally I was me but outside I was a totally different person that everybody expected me to be but even though I had some faith that that would end someday. Eventually I realized that if I can’t be me, I will never truly be happy. I could never find the euphoria I was looking for, the relief that I could be myself. I would lose myself trying

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