when i see someone post throwback pictures of high school i go into a spiral. i think about how i spent 4 years at my lowest and feeling like no one understood me. i remember my friends making me feel less than and me always brushing it to the side because i loved them. i remember my teachers who put so much pressure on me to have my life figured out at 14. i remember the disappointment my teachers expressed towards me when i was a perfect straight A student. i remember my peers making fun of students who weren’t in AP/Honors classes. i remember my friends making me feel bad when i didn’t hang out with them because my depression was consuming me. seeing pictures of myself in high school aren’t “quirky” for me because i just remember how it should’ve been better. it reminds me how i should’ve put myself first but i let everyone get the best of me. does this make sense?