The people around us impact our lives through interactions and experiences gained from their presence. An obstacle I faced my freshmen year of high school was being a victim of an abusive relationship. In movies, bullies are perceived as rude kids who pick on others and hurt them whether that be physically or mentally. In school, you are taught about bullying, shown how to recognize when someone is being mean to you and bringing you down. Sometimes, people who are abusive are not always obvious at first glance, my abuser used his charismatic ways to manipulate and hurt the people he claimed to care for. Arguments always seemed to become my fault. I changed myself, trying to hide and avoid being the target of abuse. I tried to become someone's idea of a perfect girl that still was never enough.
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I realized that I needed to face this problem when I looked in the mirror; my long blonde hair that used to come down to my hips was now short and purple, I wore bold makeup I would have never considered in the
I realized that I needed to face this problem when I looked in the mirror; my long blonde hair that used to come down to my hips was now short and purple, I wore bold makeup I would have never considered in the