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Personal Narrative: My Identity

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Identity is a complex ideal that everyone struggles with. Consequently, people often will not act as who they are due to a fear of being ridiculed. To me this is such a ridiculous time waster, instead this time people waste on being someone else could be used for much more meaningful memories. Society makes people feel like they have to fit a mold, yet I personally have learned from my dad that it is a necessity of life to accept who you are. Middle school was an awkward time for everyone, in fact, it was like a popularity contest that no one could win. Honestly, it sucked. Typically I would go through a day of school and receive countless eye rolls whenever I said or did anything out of the status, or if I fell in the hallways people would laugh, not help. I was positively obsessed with trying to fit in, so much …show more content…

What I did not realize was that my worrying was actually anxiety. I used my time in middle school to discover who I was, I also used middle school to have some of my most humiliating moments. But, these moments were where I realized something truly important. For me, this humiliating moment occurred at my seventh-grade track meet. Crazily, I decided that my sloth-like reflexes and terrible athletic ability meant that I should attempt the hurdles. When the day of the track meet came around I was desperately praying that I would succeed. I remember that my heart was beating like a hammer hitting a nail and my palms seemed to be drenched in sweat as I awaited the sound of the gun to push me off the blocks. Finally, after what seemed like an eternity

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