My Graphic Memoir

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When I first began high school, I was a young, shy 14 year old kid who thought he couldn't do anything socially, but I've always been like this since the first day of Kindergarten

Todays Date: Tuesday September 7th, 2010

First Day of School!

Mrs. Gilligan

In my early elementary school days, I had no confidence in my social abilities, I would rarely speak to my peers or my teachers, and would often have to go to speech therapy in school and; out of school.

Oh no!!!

Is that Daniel!?

Chiefs!!!

Ha Ha, Can you speak normally, your weird!!!

Combined with my shyness, I also had a speech disorder which caused me to have a weird voice, and couldn't pronouce certain words, which most to the times I was the subject of numerous teastes, and people mocking my voice which made me feel terrible and further isolated.

You ugly duckling, I hope you get surgery!!

Please Stop!!!

Your hurting me!!!

The worst of the teasing came when I was in 5th grade when I was bullied by a kid X, and everyday during recess, he would physical bully me by tackling me, hitting me, and leaving scratches on my neck, but I was too scared to fight back, because I didn't want to get suspended, and during that period I didn't even feel like going to school.

Mr. Malone

7th grade History

But Thankfully by the time I got to middle school, my social anxiety was easing up, but I still had a long way to go to be finally free from my anxiety, as I was still too scared to make small talk with my peers, and nobody was teasing me anymore since the incident in 5th grade, as since then I hit a growth spurt, and as middle school started I was already 5'7.

I thought it was going pretty well toward the end of middle school, but my social anxiety came back with force when I started high school, there in the first years I felt like I didn't fit in and I didn't have any friends during this time, it was a pretty depressing time in my life, I had a panic attack over social situations like I did not go to Homecoming freshman year and I felt like I didn't have the courage to talk to my peers.