Overcoming Obstacles That Affected My Life

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Every day we face obstacles that often become so difficult that we feel like we can never overcome them and it weighs us down. I constantly felt this way because on September 7th, 2016, I was sexually assaulted at my high school varsity football game. I’ve always watched television shows that depicted situations of rape and I never thought that one day it would happen to me and I didn’t know how to cope with it. I felt scared, embarrassed, confused, and those feelings caused me to keep what had happened to me a secret instead of opening up and talking about it. I didn’t want to talk about it or deal with it so I just pushed it back and it ended up affecting my schoolwork and my mental, emotional, and physical wellbeing. I refused to open …show more content…
I didn’t know how to open up and talk about what was going on with me and it started to affect me in several ways. I had this reckless attitude about life and was very impulsive with my actions. I started to slack off with my schoolwork and used to constantly get into arguments with my mother. The assault affected my emotional and mental well being because it made me feel worthless and I always looked for affection in the wrong places which ended with me constantly getting hurt. I didn’t feel comfortable talking about with my parents and close friends because I didn’t want them to constantly worry about me and pity me which would constantly remind me that I had been assaulted. I would always watch crime shows like Law and Order: Special Victims Unit to see how the victims on that show would deal with their assaults because I honestly didn’t know how to handle my situation. It took me a while before I finally opened up about my assault to my parents and close friends and it felt almost as if a weight was being lifted off of my shoulders because I've been holding this secret inside for so long. Opening up to them made me realize that I have to allow people to be there for me and learn how to talk about my issues instead of holding them inside which isn't
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