When I was in middle school, a terrible rumor went around about me, (I'm not going to explain it on NGU, just because it wouldn't be appropriate) and it really made me this anti social, insecure kid. I would come home and sometimes i'd cry. I'd lock myself in my room and just kind of go into my own little world, and video games really helped me through this. For the next 2 years, I barely had many friends. I had the few who stuck with me, but not many, maybe 1 or 2 new friends came along the way.. I tried drugs (pot), used them for nearly a year.
3 years later, Once high school started, people still knew and remembered it. People i'd never even talked to before would come up and ask me about it. But weeks into HS, I kinda grew out of my shell. Stopped smoking, met some amazing friends, slowed down on the video games. Its gotten better, but still, not where I want it to be. I'm moving right now, and my parents want to stay in the neighborhood and I kinda have been trying to get them to move us out of the area and to a new school.. So its still effecting me, i'm very insecure.. But I can pretty much handle it now. I will go hangout with my friends, and I wont cry and stuff about it, but just in the back of my head, i have this weird feeling about it all.
Yes, this has DEFIANTLY changed my life. Both a positive and negative way. I can really handle the shit people throw at me now and stick up for myself, if its not related to "it"
There is also one other thing thats really changed me.
There was this girl, and me and her were like BESTFRIENDS through it all. Being me, I had feelings for her the whole time (Well, maybe a year and a half of the time). Yeah, we dated on and off, but it seemed like she never wanted it. Well, once HS started, she met a new guy.
This guy, she met through me. Me and him were friends at the start of high school, and they ended up dating. I was totally fine with it, being that I didnt like her. Well, he ended up saying to her: I will break up with her if you ever talk to Tyler(me) again. I totally forgot how I found this out, but I did. Well, she ended up ignoring me for the 3 months they dated. They broke up, and she expected to be friends with me again. Nope, not going to happen! It just showed the person she was. And I'm glad it all happened. This changed my whole perception on people.