9/11: The Day My Life Changed

September 11th, 2001 was the day my life changed forever. I was only 5, but I remember it like it was yesterday. That Tuesday morning, I lost one of the most important people in my life, my dad. I was little at the time so didn’t really understand the meaning of death, but I knew something bad had happened. I remember coming home from school that day to my grandparents and my mom watching the news. I remember seeing the towers burning on the TV. I knew my dad was worked in the building, at the very top. I remember asking my mom if he was in any of the hospitals and we didn’t know about it. That was the last thing I could remember. Fast forward 13 years and I am still affected by it to this day. A couple of years ago, I started showing signs of depression and anxiety. All of the doctors I went to said it was all caused by what had happened to my father. I was getting worse, until I was finally diagnosed with PTSD. Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder is very common in people who have gone through something terrible in their lives. I was very confused on why I was diagnosed with it, because I was only 5 years old at the time. But, I had it and I was very scared, but almost relieved at the same time. It …show more content…
To just help others in need. I do believe that I can make a difference in someone’s life, which is one positive thing I have gotten out of this experience. Another thing I have learned now that I am getting older, is never take life for granted. The phrase “ you only live once” means a lot to me. It means that you only have one shot at life, so you just have to make the best of it because you only have this one time. Robert Byrne once said “ The purpose of life is a life of purpose”. You have to make your life worth living. That is what I want to achieve. I want to be able to look back at my life and say “ Wow, despite everything that has happened to me, I made the world a better