[Serious] Who were you in High school? The outcast? The Popular one? The Hot one? The ugly one?

A year goes by, and I realized that I was going back to doing exactly what I had been before - locking myself up in my room at my parent's house, eating garbage and generally falling back into depression and uselessness. I should probably mention that my health was absolute crap, and even after feeling the occasional chest pains and breathing problems (which probably were signs of some serious cardiovascular problem), I realized that I was probably, in fact, going to die in the shithole of a life that I had made for myself.

So, it's been about a year and a half since that moment. It took a while, but I'm finally eating healthier, working out to regain all of the natural strength and health that I had lost, and am trying to improve my social life. I read a bunch of self-help stories and advice over that time, and am going back to my old college to socialize. I'm not a student there this semester, but fuck it, I've been going anyway (I haven't been kicked out yet, surprisingly!) I've also been actively searching for my first job, too. I'd like to say that things are looking up, and I'm hoping to see some improvements in my way of life over the next couple of years. I've made a bunch of mistakes, especially in high school, and I'm trying damn hard to make sure they don't happen again.

If you read down this far, I just want to finish by saying thank you, and that, if you're still in school, please be nice to the silent kid(s) in your class who never talk with anyone. You never know what they've been going through in their life. Speaking from experience, some of my most precious memories are from the people who took even a few moments of their day to say something kind or just talk to me about something without malicious intent. If it weren't for the people who did that for me and my supportive mum, I really might have killed myself or gone insane. So, again, thank you, everyone.

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