What had I become? I had always took pride in myself, I had always worked on my self-confidence and dignity, figured if I needed to get somewhere in life, I needed to be confident, I needed to be driven and now all that I felt were insecurities, I felt like I didn’t mean a damn thing and I needed to get myself together, I needed to stand back up before I stayed stuck on the floor, I needed to keep on moving because that is who I was, strong and brave. This new mess of a person was not me and I refused to accept it. “Get off me.” I spoke through clenched teeth and surprisingly, he pulled away. “Who do you think you are to order me around human?” Oh I didn’t want to hear it. I didn’t want to hear a word of it. “I am a living, breathing being, with feelings, dignity, pride, no amount of

