What childhood incident forever influenced the person you are today?

Question

A special vacation? Loss of a parent or sibling? A great accomplishment? Moving to a new and different place? A family pet?

Answer 1

my parent's divorce. I became a pessimistic. I hated everyone, I cursed everything, I wanted to die, because I felt I didn't belong here, because I felt I was unwanted by them.
Then after a while, my mother had a boyfriend, who was like a father to me. He talked to me and made me feel like I'm normal. Then I was happy, and I was strong and brave.

Answer 2

My mom had a "nervous breakdown" when I was 8 years old and attempted suicide. I was the one who found her. She had slit her wrists and turned on all the gas jets on the stove. I guess she figured that if she didn't bleed to death fast enough then the gas would kill her or blow up the house. Here I was in 3rd grade, walking home from school on a beautiful April afternoon and finding out that life is full of surprises. I think it gave me a cynical outlook on life and a tendency to not trust anyone. I have a hard time dealing with people who even think about suicide much less talk about it. I never understood what my mother was going through at the time, but I know she had just been bullied by my dad into having an illegal abortion because she was pregnant with what would have been their 5th child and my dad didn't want any more kids. So I also lost a baby brother in the deal. I didn't find that out until years later from my sister. So instead of being the youngest in the family, I would've been an older sister and I believe that would've changed me entirely. I know that I never recovered from the feeling of abandonment. I never felt loved by my mother. How could she love me if she didn't want to live? How could she love me and do what she did knowing that I would be the one to walk into a scene like that? The selfishness of people who commit suicide amazes me. I treasure my life and the lives of my family because of this. Maybe I'm not as happy a person as I might have been if I had a normal mother, but she taught me in her own way to live my life the way I want to live it and not for anyone else. She died when I was 22 and I grieved more for the mother I never had than for the one who died.

Answer 3

I looked to see the other peoples answer an your in good hands or the answers your getting are good. At 5 or 6 I was affected by a muscle to a nerve system an as years progress & school I did not speak right ( could not pronounce the words right nor keep a straight style in printing or writing ) Now I am speaking a lot now and took to typing over writing which I still haven't conquered an now I am an old folgee!

Answer 4

One night when I was eleven years old, I was so bored I sat down with my history book and actually studied for a test. I got 100 percent. I had always gotten decent grades, but with no effort. Thankfully I was perceptive enough to recognize the value in time spent for better grades. From that point on I hit the books instead of settling for average. I graduated eighth in my class in high school and won all sorts of scholarship money for college, which was very necessary because my parents weren't gonna be able to foot the bill. I often wonder what my life would be like if there had been something particularly interesting on tv that night.

Answer 5

my mom getting married and us moving when i was 10. i also got 4 step bros out of the deal. having a big family was awesome, and although the town was only 13 miles away from where i grew up, it was very different, and i am grateful that i went to school there. i made some awesome friends, learned important life lessons, and also met the man that is now my husband. had i stayed in my old town... who knows? i may have ended up a shallow prep from living in a bubble my whole life.

Answer 6

You are asking a question that has no sure answer, despite what social scientist would tell you. With genetic influence being greater than zero, and it truly is, we do not know exactly how influences fall out. Is it your genes; is it one of the influences you are talking about; is it both, or is it neither. Like all " good men " scientist are not sure about the influence weights to give each, but social science always seems to have some sure answer, though th surety turn-over is great.

Answer 7

I was abused. I have such low self-esteem that I can't even stand showing myself off in any way. I like dressing in huge clothes. I was embarrassed and ashamed and angry most of my life and blamed myself and hated myself for it. I'm so shy and quiet, I can't even look people in the eyes and I barely speak up unless I'm around my good friends. I really don't feel like a person a lot of the time, but I've got such wonderful friends that help me out. I'm so thankful for having met them when I was younger.

I also saw my parents argue and fight a lot. It was awful. Once my dad hit my mom, and my oldest brother beat the heck out of my dad. It was horrifying, and I ended up screaming for my dad. I can't stand the sight of blood at all now, and I can't stand conflicts at all. I try my best to solve them.

My best friend from kindergarten to fourth grade moved, and I was devastated for months, cried endlessly. But I learned to the whole, "If you love something, set it free" thing. It really makes me appreciate the friends I have now, and knowing that I could lose them any time. It makes me treasure them so much.

Answer 8

My friend getting murdered during a robbery when I was 15. The kids that robbed the gas station he was working at left, then came back and shot my friend in the head. I vowed that day to try and save ONE life.

Answer 9

Gauttama Buddha saw the 4 sights only when he is a grown up man.

Answer 10

Winning a world championship title in martial arts at the age of 12, and getting accepted to the state university within 2 days of that. It taught me I could do ANYTHING if I wanted to.