Personal Narrative: The Way That Changed My Life

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Two years ago I was a completely different person. That may sound like a complete exaggeration, but looking back on the person who carried my name two years ago, it is shockingly true. Two years ago, I was the quiet, overweight, anxious girl who avoided social interaction as if it was the plague. Needless to say, I was not the most confident or outgoing person out there. I let my anxiety disorder rule my life, and let my weight be an excuse as to why I couldn’t do certain things.
That is not to say I had an awful life. I had friends, my parents weren’t divorced, and I had many opportunities others did not. However, my own mind was rebelling against me everyday. My head told me I was nothing, that I was fat, or untalented. For some reason, I was abusing myself. Because of this, I became an expert at hiding my true
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A week or two after my decision, I started to see my therapists. A couple days after that, I weighed one pound less.
Now, two years later, I weigh 65 pounds less and can have a genuine smile on my face everyday. No longer do I fear going to school, and no longer do I cringe whenever I see myself in the mirror. Now, I am happy to be who I am.
Whenever I think if this accomplishment, I can't help but have a huge grin on my face. I did this all with just my sheer will and determination. I managed to pull myself out of the deep hole I fell into. Yes, I had some assistance. But I am immensely proud of myself for recognizing that I had a problem, and accepted the problem and did everything I could to fix it. That I took control of my life, and was able to set myself down a path of contentment, instead one of self-hatred.
This is by far my biggest accomplishment thus far in my life. Losing all that weight and getting help for my anxiety changed me into the person I always knew I could be, but just never felt like I deserved

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