12. April 2026

Blog Post #4

I believe that the start of my mental struggles happened before my parents got divorced. This was because I started to get isolated at a younger age in my school years in elementary. However, I still had friends in elementary school, but I often felt isolated because I kept to myself for most of the time. My first actual friend that I ever met in my entire existence is whom I went to kindergarten with. In fact, he is still friends with me to this day. His name is Jeremy and when we went to elementary school and middle school together, we would goof on in class and peers would generally react to my funny behavior that I had implemented. But, I was seen as both a mentally struggled individual and a cool one, due to how some people felt that my emotional side was in play at the time or the others that thought I was a pretty awesome person to be around. Jeremy was one that saw that I was important, but felt sorry about the circumstances that surrounded me throughout my childhood. Even though he was and is still a good example of a friend that I can't lose touch with, he knew what I was going through at that time. As young as I was, it was unexpected for me in my later elementary school years to go through with a parent separation, while also being isolated from things, which made it harder for me to function around other peers at the time.