Personal Narrative: My Small Town Life

During the first half of my high school career, I was blindsided by a handful of life-altering events. As a freshman, I began struggling with severe anxiety, which has persisted ever since its conception; however, I have been working arduously to overcome this issue and have become significantly better at handling my anxiety and panic attacks. The summer before my sophomore year my mother remarried and moved me and my family from Atlanta to a small town in Northwest Georgia. This move was incredibly hard on me: I was unaccustomed to small town life and did not know anyone my age; I was a new student with no friends and found that cultivating friendships in a small town was a daunting task. I was overwhelmed by having to start fresh in the middle