Personal Narrative: Self-Esteem In High School

As I walked down the hall, I could not stop smiling as I waited to go in the classroom and meet my new teacher. With my head hanging, I started hearing a group of my classmates laugh and when I looked up I realized I was the joke. Tears began to flow down my cheek and run off my face, one of my classmates asked, “what's wrong?”, and as I began to think about it I cried even more. “I hate being here, I feel so out of place, I don’t understand why everyone hates me!”, the little voices in my head said as I started to get bullied in sixth grade. Getting bullied played a major part in who I grew up to be. The more I got bullied and the more my “friends” fed me lies, my mentality on life and my self-esteem started to deteriorate. This carried on with me through high school and it took a while to finally find my true self. Throughout middle school I was constantly looked down upon, treated as if I was not good enough due to my different appearance. I could still remember the little voices saying, “you’re so stupid, you’re not even pretty” which led to my low self-esteem. The bullying was ongoing and it never stopped, which is when I hit rock bottom. I remember calling my father and crying, “Dad, I cannot do this anymore, I want to leave and get away from everyone now.” That was the worst phase of my life, and I became …show more content…
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