was on the way home
deep in thought as usual
when this incident that happened a long time ago
re-enacted itself in my head
was waiting for the bus after a primary school day had ended
when my ''friends'' started to get bored and they started to find faults with people
as in like sorta birth ''defects''
so yes, james was cross-eyed, ryan had a funny gait when he walked, and shep stammered when he talked
when i was young, i use to stammer a lot when i talked
like a lot
and i was damn sensitive about it cause i felt like i wasnt normal
its not so bad now but it still occurs now and then and sometimes more often than usual
especially when in law, ur suppose to speak fluently
anyway back to point, i was damn traumatised when they made fun of me about this
back in primary school
it got so bad i didnt wanna talk for a week cause i was afraid of being poked fun at
i once even fought with this guy in class cause he made fun of me
and when my teacher asked me why we were fighting
i broke down and told him why while in tears
my teacher was damn nice at that time and he told the whole class
''if any of you make fun of chris about his stammering, i will punish you and hold you back after class''
so as i was walking home today, i reached a conclusion why i am so fucking paranoid in life
its because i have low self confidence
and this low self confidence stems from my inability to speak properly
everytime i speak, i try to use words that wont make me stammer
and everytime i stammer, i am like,'' hmm did they catch that? do they know?'' kinda thing
i am so fucking afraid that what happened in pri school will materialise in poly
but i know in poly the people are more mature and stuff
so even if they know, they dont make fun of me
but theres always the few
and when they do make fun, it really hurts but i just roll it off my shoulders cause i really cant help it
in fact, when they make fun of me, i really feel sorry for them more than i feel sorry for myself cause they are too naive and are inable to cope with the ''different''.
so yes i think my paranoia is due to this
complex as it seems, its really quite simple
''if life gives you lemons, make lemonade''
but what if the lemons are rotten and not the same as the rest?
i really hate being paranoid and i would do anything to stop
just like i would do anything to speak fluently
but i see it as like
gods way of testing me, to use that cliche
thats why i prefer writing so much than speaking
thats why i am so loud
cause i think it makes people overlook the fact that i stammer
anyway, i hope writing all this will make me realise that paranoia is stupid
and hopefully i can get over this
cause i am still hanging on to what my eldest sis said to me when i was young
''its just a phrase, you will grow out of it''
paranoia made me think that people who made fun of me looked at me differently
that they didnt want anything to do with me
its like, i had some ugly disease kinda thing
its like a defence mechanism
and it sucks cause it made me feel worse than i already do
it made me thing every rejection i faced was due to the fact i stammered
and i am sick of it( it being paranoia)
dont think i am writing this to condemn all the people who made fun of me
to be honest, if i met myself, i would have made fun of myself too
its just to express what i had in my chest for 11 years
i really appreciate and treasure frens of mine
who love me for who i am
who encourage and push and egg me on
those from pri school till now
especially glenn
i can think of so many instances when he defended me
pity we arent as close anymore
thanks
p.s i already feel better
i never thought i would blog and cry at the same time
oh well, life goes on =)