Feeling like I don't belong
Growing up in a family that can tear their shirt and say you're dead to them, can really keep you on your toes when you're a small child. It seemed a lot of the time I was not noticed if I was quite. I heard a lot. The feeling of not belonging not fitting in never faded or went away. I was different. I would push until people got mad. I asked questions about everything and most of the time I was asked if I was writing a book. At five I did not understand that. If I had something to say I was impatient to say it. I had to say it right then and there no matter who was talking. I'd interrupt them. My dad would stop what ever was going and tell everyone to look at me to notice me. He would say I wanted to have all of the attention. I would become very embarrassed. And then I'd slink away.