Richard von Weizsaecker, a former German president, once said “Whoever refused to remember the inhumanity is prone to new risk of infection.” This quote is not just a compilation of words, but is in essence part of a greater story, one that I and a plethora of others have experienced. Five years ago, as I lay the bottom of the food chain, the beasts of the school felt that my minute stature entitled them to exercise their demons through the ripping of my emotional state. The emotional wound dilated, festered, and over time infection had taken root. My mind had become irrational, and poisonous ideas slithered throughout my mind. My being was consumed with becoming a giant. Every-day, I would exercise and eat healthy. The extreme measures that
