“When I Was…”

Anni Yang
3 min readSep 3, 2019

“When I Was…”

When I was younger, I always felt that I had to agree with people even though in my heart I completely disagreed with them.

When I was younger, I was naïve about friendships and romantic relationships.

When I was younger, no one really cared about me.

When I was younger, I knew what I wanted and needed but had zero encouragement.

When I was younger, I was ALWAYS insulted as being ugly because I was fat in physical size.

When I was younger, I couldn’t hold a job.

When I was younger, I was constantly verbally and emotionally abused by immediate family and people claiming to be a friend.

When I was younger, I lost MORE in life and never recovered from any of it.

When I was younger, I felt like a failure because the people I was around were that way and sought to it to make me miserable.

When I was younger, I was never advised to never hook-up with someone so easily and that later in life, I was taught to make them earn it. If they didn’t do anything for me, I must leave them hanging since they refuse to consider my needs over their wants!

When I was suffering the most, none of my siblings cared about me.

When I was practically homeless, my family didn’t reach out to help me.

When I was feeling like I lost all hope, those who were once close to me, abandoned me after I’ve…

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Anni Yang

Tech, Media, & Healthcare Blogger. Professional Socialite