Got a fun little true story I feel like some of you may relate to.Pic related.>be me>be 12 years old>spend my whole life growing up in small rural towns with populations ranging from 200-3,000>have to move far away for step dad's new work>huge city>large enough to be a state capital>end up in a private school>go from being one of the smartest in my class to feeling mentally challenged because all of the material was leagues beyond what we were studying back home>struggling to make friends>people think I sound funny because I have a southern accent>at the age where I'm starting to understand and struggle with concepts like self worth>there is this girl that I thought was super cute, very smart to boot>in the library one day>sit at the table next to where she was sitting with her friends>working up the courage to finally talk to her>overhear her say to her friends "That new kids smells like onions">wtf I don't even like onions>smell myself and realize she is right, I smell kind of strange from my body wash>her and her friends start giggling like little school girls (no shit)>literally want to die from the embarrassment >stop using body wash altogether>fast forward years>I used to have really nice skin, now I'm developing bad skin conditions and body acne>I still showered and washed myself with water>started to use deodorant so my pits wouldn't smell at leastI'm almost 32 now and I still struggle with washing my body. All because a preteen girl who I cannot even remember the name of said I smell like onions two decades ago.
yeah, funny innit. a tiniest thing can snowball in your mind and become a crippling obsession. kinda like the butterfly effectof course it means you were unstable to begin with
>>82752218Right. I imagine you would be hard pressed to find someone at that age who wasn't some degree of mentally unstable.
