Does anyone here believe this?!

[Richey]

See i believe that given a different environment i could have been someone but i had a dysfunctional family when it came to relationships and education, my father always fighting with other family members so it felt so hostile all the time that the anxiety of my environment effected my ability to learn and concentrate. had it been a more loving and free-thinking environment i believe that my life would be completely different, i reacted to that world by letting it affect my mind. had i been dragged into a room and given some perspective and education on how to deal with my own world and mind back then perhaps i could have approached handling my life in better more positive ways rather then running from challenges.
i was bullied at school for years...

so i let my environment shape my world, that's why i clam up and become uptight in social situations and taking risks can be a rarity, because i let my surroundings mould my attitude too easily and spent little time combatting that. but as a young person often you don't know any better...

 

[BlackKids]

Yeah i totaly beleive that. I moved to Ireland from england when I was 16.Before moving I was pretty popular and very outgoing. I was always looking for fun and had great drive.
After I moved here I had no friends, found it difficult to click with people and tensions began between my family.
i love living here now but I do wonder who I would of become had I never moved.

 

[Redzer]

look at the others who pulled there way up from the dirt comong from bad homes with sexual and physical abuse to become some of the most famous people we know today.

 

[Satine]

I had a very similar start in life to that, although it was both parents who were keen to argue.

It certainly gave me a slow start in life, but one positive thing that came from it was that my upbringing was in sharp enough contrast with optimism, social skills and the like that lessons in these fields were easy to identify. Therefore I could see pretty clearly what I needed to learn to get better. This also taught me the value of taking risks and the positive side of change, which, I think, many people shun.

I've now taught myself enough to be happy with my lot, and I feel a real sense of freedom, the kind of feeling I think I should have had in my childhood. And I suspect it's going to last much longer! I've proved to myself that I have everything I need mentally to be able to face challenges in the future. I'm not scared of what's going to happen any more, because nothing's cut me down yet!

I still have a few scars left over - I don't like working with other people and would much rather not have colleagues at all, so I almost invariably alienate those I work with, but fine - that's (mostly) their problem and I've found a job I can get on in peace.

 

[this_portrait]

I used to think it was my environment, as well as the fact that I was socially rejected by my peers at a very young age.

But now I'm not so sure, because I also think it might have something to do with genetics. My mom was complaining to my dad about how I act around people, and he shocked the hell out of her by saying that, when he was my age, he would do the same things.

 

[mimi1988]

I was born this way
My enviorment had NOTHING to do with it.