12 Tough Truths That Help You Grow Part One

     12 Tough Truths That Help You Grow

                                   1,000 Little Things Happy Successful People Do Differently

1. Everything is as it should be

Job: part-time worker at an assisted living facility

Relationship Status: Long term serious relationship

Book of Today: Death on the Nile, Anne Boleyn: The King’s Obsession, I’m Sorry for My Loss,

The Last Anniversary and Park Avenue 

Great Friends: Wendy, Adam, Katie, Nikki, Celeste, Kristin, Vince and many more I can’t list

Weight: 197 

Date: 7/30/2026

Primary Writing Project: my unnamed book of short stories

2. It is not until you are lost that you begin to find your true self

              8 Times I Got Lost

1. Eighth grade

2. Self-harm (particularly on my legs with a razor)

3. Hypersexuality

4. Pining after —---- —-----, a dangerous drug dealer

5. Started lying to my parents

6. Dressed like a stripper

2. Ninth grade

3. Hypersexuality

4. Still self-harm

5. Dating aforementioned drug dealer behind my parents back

6. Getting drunk for the first time (chocolate vodka)

3. Summer before sophomore year of college

4. Outpatient at Four Winds hospital

5. Hooking up with aforementioned drug dealer

6. Dating —------- —--------, another abusive drug dealer

7. Getting stoned off dabs

4. Thanksgiving sophomore year of college

5. Suicidal urges

6. Depression (trouble getting out of bed to eat or shower)

7. First time inpatient in a mental hospital

5. February sophomore year of college 

6. First psychotic break (hearing voices, paranoia)

7. Big fight with my best friend

8. Rejected by the guy I really liked

9. Betrayed by my roommate

10. Hospitalized again

6. Junior Year

7. Manic episode (later diagnosed as bipolar)

8. Suciide attempt

9. Hospital trip

10. Hurt myself in the hospital

11. Put in quiet room and sedated

7. Summer 2023

8. Off the wall manic

9. Sleeping with everybody

10. Hospitalized at a terrible facility where I wasn’t even given access to a doctor

11. Was the most miserable and  lonely experience of my life

                         Times I Found Mysell

1. My first semester at a private high school

2.  Lead in the high school play (as a freshman)

3. Made new friends (Halloween sleepover)

4. Straight As

2. My senior year at high school

3. Lead in both musical and school play

4. Took interesting classes (sociology, psychology and humanities)

5. Had fun with my boyfriend and his friends

6. Captain of the debate team

7. Popular writer for the school newspaper

3. My freshmen year of college

4. Dean’s List

5. Many new, true friends

6. Fun activities to get involved in

7. Party  lifestyle while still getting good grades

8. Independence

3. It is usually the deepest pain that empowers you to grow to your full potential

Deepest pain?

• Aunt Rosemary dying

• Derrick’s rejection

• My roommate’s betrayal

• Going through psychosis and being bipolar