|
|
Wasn't gonna answer this, but here goes:
When I was 15 I had a sort of anxiety breakdown and could no longer go to a public high school. For alittle while I went to a mental health outpatient hospital program, and while I was there one day I cut my arm up pretty bad with a razor blade, I was so self destructive and hopeless at that time. The scars are still there and I am embarrassed and ashamed to wear t-shirts cause some nosey people ask me about them, because it is real obvious. I wound up finishing high school at an Alternative High School, for kids with drug problems, emotional problems, or other reason that kept them from going to a public school. That is part of the reason why I barely have any friends, I didn't have much of a chance to make good ones in high school, and I was too shy before that and my parents were too strict.
I realize that even though I had a messed up adolescent life, that does not mean that I am that same person now. I have put all of that behind me and have made very many positive changes in my life. That is part of the reason why I want to get this tattoo I keep talking about.
Sorry that mine was alittle depressing! 
--------------------
-Sheri
Print
Remind Me
Notify Moderator
|
|
|
Post deleted by ChristineM
--------------------
Christine
Those who can do; those who want it done better teach.
Edited by ChristineM (07/12/04 05:45 PM)
Print
Remind Me
Notify Moderator
|
|
|
m
Print
Remind Me
Notify Moderator
|
Sheri01
#89015 - 07/12/04 10:41 AM
|
|
|
|
jenX
Reged: 08/11/03
Posts: 3252
Loc: Richmond, VA
|
|
|
thank you for telling that. i bet it wasn't easy.
my brother cut himself, too. i didn't know about it at the time. i wish i had known...
YOU DESERVE THE TATTOO, GIRL! a phoenix is PERFECT.
--------------------
Print
Remind Me
Notify Moderator
|
|
|
--------------------
-Sheri
Print
Remind Me
Notify Moderator
|
|
|
Hmm... I worry about that sometimes too Christine. Not that it's happened... but bell hooks writes about it in her pedagogy book and I figure it's a possibility! 
Print
Remind Me
Notify Moderator
|
|
|
Post deleted by jenX
--------------------
Print
Remind Me
Notify Moderator
|
|
|
You're an inspiration, Sheri. How you've grown! Wow.
Thanks for sharing.
Bev
--------------------
<img src="http://home.comcast.net/~letsrow/smily3481.gif">Bevvy
Print
Remind Me
Notify Moderator
|
Eeeeeek...
#89024 - 07/12/04 10:47 AM
|
|
|
|
|
atomic rose
Reged: 06/01/04
Posts: 7013
Loc: Maine (IBS-A stable since July '05!)
|
|
|
I guess I can tell mine, since I confessed to the second-deepest secrets yesterday (the multiple marriages and the abuse)... although don't be too surprised if I end up deleting this one by the end of today. I'm still very ashamed of this.
While married to husband #2, I had an affair with a married DC lawyer. We were about as opposite as opposites can be: him a typical older conservative lawyer, me with fire-engine-red hair & tattoos & piercings. I liked the guy as a person, but I never entertained any idea of stealing him away from his wife, or leaving my husband for him - it was pure sex, and while it lasted (about a year or so), I have to admit, it was a hell of a lot of fun. 
I do regret it, though. I really don't believe that cheating accomplishes anything, and I wish I'd never done it. I still feel guilty about it, a couple years later.
Print
Remind Me
Notify Moderator
|
|
|
wow, Jenny. that was quite a summer. teens go through so much! adults never give them enough credit.
well, thanks for telling the story, anyway. very brave! sorry you had to go through that. being responsible for someone else's happiness is a horribly rough burden. and then to find yourself in another entanglement you want out of... wow. and then for your family to judge. argh. big summer! poor girl.
--------------------
Print
Remind Me
Notify Moderator
|
Posts
