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Hello I’m a sheltered teen looking for people to live through. Will you tell me a story about your youth that makes u super happy? I’d love to read it. :)
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I dont have any :( my youth was incredibly sad. But, what does make me super happy now is that I pushed through it. I dont dare tempt fate in saying that I "won" per se, because it ain't over til its over yeah? But it makes me proud that thus far, that I have survived. Against all odds. I am the come back kid.😘
ReplyYes... I’m glad I’ve made it this far too. I’m sheltered as I said so I’m lucky I haven’t experienced anything too terrible. The way I was raised and the things I’ve experienced in the “comfort” of my own home still affects me. In five months I’ll be a legal adult and I don’t even feel comfortable being myself near my family 😐 we r so macho my dude we made it this far in this bullshit world. Everything’s gonna get better cause we are going to make it better 😁
ReplyYeah sure! I can tell you about my soccer career. It started when I was driving in the car with my mom one day when I was 12. I saw a sign outside that was advertising soccer tryouts for a local team, and I got really excited. I'd wanted to join a soccer team since I was 8, and would go out everyday in my front yard with a ball and imagine dribbling everybody and scoring lol. Unfortunately my mom didn't want me to get injured then so she didn't let me, but now she'd seemingly forgotten about it and I figured this was finally my chance! So the day of tryouts approaches. Mind you, I was not necessarily that good, but I was already good at some other sports and picked up new ones easily. I think that gave me a boost. I remember in tryouts, we were playing a "scrimmage" (when they divide you into two teams and make you play). I got the ball and without thinking, I dribbled the ball through someone's legs and people were amazed, which really helped my confidence. I didn't think of myself as that good, but some people would say I've always been a good dribbler. Who knows? I have a natural aptitude for anything physical. I made the team and at first, I really loved practice, but slowly anxiety and self doubt got to me. I would hide behind defenders to not get the ball and mess up, or even skip entire practices for weeks. For at least a year or more, I was really nervous with the ball. I was nowhere near as good as I am now, but people could still tell I had some ability. I honestly think I got all in my head, because a coach once came up to me and asked if I'd played soccer before. My reply, "no", surprised her. I think I was just overthinking things and comparing myself so hard, to the point I got kicked off the team eventually for not attending enough. In 8th grade, I decided to play. I heard they were accepting players in the fall which was perfect since I'd missed the summer tryout. So, I join again (best. decision. ever.), and when I come back I don't know what happened but the difference was like night and day. Suddenly I was dribbling people, scoring goals, and I had improved almost with no practice. I don't know what it was, but suddenly I became a totally different player. Of course, since I felt so lucky I saw no point in wasting it and started practicing every single day. I became exponentially better than I already was and started doing things even I didn't know I could so before. I made my high school varsity team as a freshman, and was by far their top scorer. I had become the best player on my team because I didn't give up, and I think that should be the moral of the story. If you love something, try again and again, because you have nothing to lose and everything to gain. This story would've been different if I hadn't tried again. With one decision in my mind, I would be sitting somewhere else right now, and would have never known the potential within. Everybody has this kind of potential to do anything, not just soccer. We can never know unless we try...
ReplyThis was a lovely story and I’m so proud of you! I’ve missed out on a lot of opportunities, I let my parents patterns influence me... I’m a senior now and I feel like I’ve missed so much. I let my insecurities and my parents insecurities drain the color out of life. I’ve been better for awhile and I’m willing to take more risk and get out of my comfort zone. I just don’t know if I should jump at the first opportunity or go out of my way to get it myself. Even though I don’t really know what that “it” is... lovely story thank you for telling it to me ☺️
ReplyGood job on your accomplishments, keep working at it! The best is yet to come :)
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