"I’ve had counselors that have helped me a lot with emotional stuff. Just, understanding my emotions and making me a better person. The most important event in my life was probably getting expelled from my middle school. I was never good at controlling my emotions or expressing them in a healthy. Generally, I lashed out at everyone around me, including my friends. And, my school had a very strict no ___ tolerance policy when it came to violence. If that happened twice you got expelled. It was the last week of school in seventh grade. I got upset at my friend and punched him- he was perfectly fine, but I did hit him. The teachers were not happy. And I got expelled. And then, I had to appeal it. Why did I appeal it, I don’t know. But, I appealed it."

“I think about things too much. I do too much thinking. I’ve come to the conclusion that I overthink things and I need to think less do more. I have anxiety a lot, around a lot of things. And, it only makes it worse the more I think about it. When I do a little less thinking it usually works out fine.”