Personal Narrative: My First Day Of Middle School

My life has been a series of obstacles from around the time I turned eleven. It all started with the transition into middle school and I didn't handle it well at all. I loved elementary school and my friends and teachers that were there. The problem was that my school district enforced neighborhood schooling for the following school year. Most, if not all of my friends were going to a different school than me. I was distraught. What was I going to do? I don't make friends easily at all, and I'm very shy. My first day of middle school was honestly one of the worst days of my life. I was bullied the minute I stepped on campus and I had no friends. You could imagine how big of a shock this was to a girl who was always surrounded by friends. Everyday …show more content…
It got so bad I couldn't leave my house as it turned into agoraphobia, which is a fear of places or situations that can cause panic or embarrassment. The days I would miss kept adding up. Numerous school counselors, truancy officers, the nurse, and even the principal all tried to help. I couldn't be helped until I wanted to be helped. I didn't understand that concept until I hit high school. By the time I was willing to try to 'fix' myself, an illness came over me. I had endometriosis and a clostridium difficile infection all at once. The doctors were stumped and couldn't give me a proper diagnosis. Finally, after months of crippling pain and week-long stays in the hospital, I was given a diagnosis. The clostridium difficle was curable, but the endometriosis I would live with for the rest of my life. A few surgeries later, I felt like I was finally getting my life together. I was so sick during my freshman year of high school, I couldn't even go. Problems at home had started, my home was torn with mental and physical abuse from my father. My mother sent me to live with my grandparents in Arizona to get away from