Home Groups People

I Am Not the Person I Used to Be

Add a story, a question, an experience, a thought...

1-100 of 213

Once I get my own place I'll automate every part of my online life. There's so much potential with technology.

Leaving My Dark Past Behind

Stronger and wiser yet still heartbroken.

Just a bit about me, my son passed away from drowning 2 years ago, and my wife took her own life about a year ago because she blamed herself for my sons drowning. Needless to say, my life has been on hold for a while. Now I'm ready to start agai...

...and I am glad.

How have the last five months changed your life? 🌸

For better, or for worse? I have lost people that I previously considered to be some of my closest friends. Having spent lockdown living with my dad, my relationship with my mum has suffered. In early July, I learned that I was having a baby. It ha...

Completely Different

I've changed a lot over the years. Maybe I've got more mature, who knows? When I was 18, I was such a fun, bubbly and confident person. I'd have loads of friends and would be out every weekend with them. I had a group of friends at col...

I'm Different Now

I am much mature and secure with myself. I speak my mind and don't allow someone to run me like I have no mind of my own. I call the shots now. I don't care what people think of me because I love myself still faults and all. I don't ne...

And thank goodness for that

I was such a prisoner of my own perception. So full of pain and looking for distraction. Always hunting for the next thing, never in the moment or feeling grateful for what was in front of me. I was a need, hungry and addicted to something I could ne...

I Am Not the Person I Used to Be

But then who is? XD LOL

I Am Not the Person I Used to Be

I used to wear my heart upon my sleeve, blinded to the reality that surrounded me, then it came crashing down in a blaze of clarity, now stands a shell of my former self hardened and far to mature for my age, and I wonder what would my younger self s...

I Am Not the Person I Used to Be

I used to be angry about the fact that I was ever born, because sometimes it felt like I could never do anything right. For those who are going through this, remember that very few people do well without practice. Life is about experiencing things..s...

I Am Not the Person I Used to Be

I came from such a dark, lonely place. I had spent so much of my life there, I couldn't see past there and really thought that my entire life would be spent there. I wanted out so badly, I lost interest in just about everything.

I Am Not the Person I Used to Be

Where did she go? Down a dark road and took a turn at the fork. Argh

I Am Not the Person I Used to Be

Strength and endurance, or maybe it was those golden cuffs.

I Am Not the Person I Used to Be

I used to be this ball of sunshine parading her gleaming light to everyone, being hopeful and positive as always... But when life happened, I shrunk into oblivion, turning everything into nothing... Bending hopes into doubts... Changing success into...

I Am Not the Person I Used to Be

I try to give up all the thoughts that make me feel bad, or even just some of them, doing that changed my life. I don't need negative thoughts. All they have ever given me was a false self that suffers. They are all lies. I remembered who I am a...

I Am Not the Person I Used to Be

i used to be a strong person. now i've been crushed to pieces and don't even know what to do anymore. i should have never been born. if only there was something that could happen to make it all okay. but i know it will never happen

I Am Not the Person I Used to Be

I Am Not the Person I Used to Be

Why is it that being happy by yourself, never feels as good as when you are happy with someone else? When you're alone, it takes a lot of effort just to not feel like crap! And on the rare occasions when you DO get to experience breif moments o...

I Am Not the Person I Used to Be

The hardest part of the last few years was fighting so hard to get back my identity as a reliable lady, a hard worker that almost never calls in or quits or avoids her family and friends. Things have changed so much and I can't control that, my ...

I Am Not the Person I Used to Be

I am ugly. I am what they made me. You are deformed and I hid from the sun. My heart shines gold in the darkness alone. You are ugly so its okay if we hurt you. I only wish id known. No one wants a little strawberry that stops talking I never got ...

I Am Not the Person I Used to Be

My emotional well-being keeps deteriorating. My brain is sharp as ever but my soul feels scalded and bloodied. I cant seem to wake up to do basic things. To want anything I loved. To want anything.

I Am Not the Person I Used to Be

I can't stand the sight of my own face anymore. No soul left behind my eyes. My smile is long broken and any reason to gone. Im ugly .

I Am Not the Person I Used to Be

All of that anger I carried and brewed for so long seems to be leaving me more and more rapidly these days.

I Am Not the Person I Used to Be

I ran into an old "friend" recently who made me see how much I had changed. The minute Seema opened her mouth and started talking about "old" times, I knew this broad hadn't changed one bit. She was still the overbearing, lou...

I Am Not the Person I Used to Be

I hope someday you'll have a beautiful life I know you'll be a star In someone else's sky. Pearl Jam (Black) My reply. I could've been your sun.. I always said you were the brightest star in the night sky. All my light wasn...

I Am Not the Person I Used to Be

Nope. I’m 22 years older than I was 22 years ago.

I Am Not the Person I Used to Be

I Am Not the Person I Used to Be

Being a parent changes you. Sometimes you ask yourself "did I REALLY just say that?"

I Am Not the Person I Used to Be

This Is Why You Suddenly Miss Me Because I never lied to you. I never told you I was someone else, I never evaded your questions, I never said anything I didn’t mean. I was always honest with you about everything and you never had to worry about me ...

I Am Not the Person I Used to Be

THANK YOU JESUS❗️🙏❤️ TE AMOO PADRE❗️

I Am Not the Person I Used to Be

I know I'm still young, but a few years ago I used to be so nice to people, always laughing and smiling but god damnn...I've noticed I've become a huge d*ck. I'm so careless and straight forward with people now, like I can say the...

I Am Not the Person I Used to Be

Funny how things can turn out so much differently than you expect them to..

I Am Not the Person I Used to Be

A couple days ago, a friend of mine was telling me about 2 waitresses at a cafe he likes to go to. One of them is this super energetic young thing who takes "bubbly" to a whole other level - beyond anything that could be genuine (some peopl...

I Am Not the Person I Used to Be

The saddest people in the world are the people who never change.

I Am Not the Person I Used to Be

When I was younger, I used to be friendly and very social. I would easily make new friends and I was quick to trust. But, then the bullying started. It didn't bother me until I was physically attacked, then I became more aware of the problem and...

I Am Not the Person I Used to Be

I m ill. I m petient of blood pressure my bp shoots to 70 40. I m nt tht strng . I m allways ill now. I use to fit and a happy person. But love have made me like this. I have anxiety ,bp,fever,internal bleeding,depression and weekness. I will die i...

I Am Not the Person I Used to Be

I have changed a lot in a couple if years. I went from 220lbs sprawled on the coach to a football pla<x>yer and wrestler. Although I'm only good at wrestling. I have created a cold demeanor that makes me seem off and sometimes crazy. I hav...

I Am Not the Person I Used to Be

it's like....i'm tired of life.....the pass is hunting me....been disappointed a lot.....did shed tears a lot.....it's been hard....standing on my feet again... still trying to get rid of the bad memories....sometimes i say "what ...

I Am Not the Person I Used to Be

I liked it better when I could watch life without knowing what went on behind the scenes, the magic requires some suspension of knowledge and that just doesn't work retrospectively. The longer you spend on this planet the less you get to see for...

I Am Not the Person I Used to Be

I Want The Old Me Back... I don't think I know Who I am any more somehow lost who I was I still look the same and sound the same but I'm not the same if that makes any sense. My purpose in life seems to have gone this just never happened ov...

I Am Not the Person I Used to Be

Sometimes I feel like I'm Cinderella, minus the evil step family, and still waiting for prince charming. I used to be a spoiled daughter, dad's favorite, a princess. But we lost him. And then I had to take over his responsibilities as the b...

I Am Not the Person I Used to Be

Today, I've spent the last couple of hours tracking down some of my old emails to long lost friends and my still surviving posts on the random websites that I used to spend a lot of my time during a strange and tumultuous period of my life (incl...

I Am Not the Person I Used to Be

I miss the old days where I was happy and didn't care much with the fact that I was alone...

I Am Not the Person I Used to Be

....and I'm not the person I want to be either. Feeling out of sorts. Feeling off. Feeling unsettled. Feeling like hiding inside myself and not sharing any real thoughts or feelings. Knowing my life is not the one I had hoped for, nor is there a...

I Am Not the Person I Used to Be

I went into the army at eighteen to complete the two years of national service, at a time when I was quite unsure of my life, what I was doing, after a family tragedy, but it helped me crystallise things in my life and find my way. I grew up! I had ...

I Am Not the Person I Used to Be

Years of rejection, being abused, used, misunderstood and coldly dismissed do that even to the most positive person. It's left me in a kind of purgatory between bitterness and determination. Of course, I've also moved forward in a good ma...

I Am Not the Person I Used to Be

I left an abusive marriage in 2012. It was an ugly divorce and the years of abuse took years to heal. The day I left my husband, a police officer named Annie responded to my 911 call for help. After she took my statement she said something to me that...

I Am Not the Person I Used to Be

I'm never ever drinking again. Till next time We went out last night, the old crowd from the drug fuelled years of my twenties & early thirties. There was a lot of ridiculousness as per usual. I got stalked around the bar by this guy who ...

I Am Not the Person I Used to Be

I have been writing on social sites for a long time. It was like I was on a mission to find something or someone. There was a void I was trying to fill. I was so messed up! I wrote from my heart and listened to others with my heart and soul. I learnt...

I Am Not the Person I Used to Be

I am not the same person i used to be.. Is right yes, i used to be a happy child, energetic and very confident.. But since bullying entered in my life. Everything changed. I became shy. I became fearfull I be ame very closed And had, still have very...

I Am Not the Person I Used to Be

I am definitely not the person I use to be all those years ago and in a good way to! When I was little I was so shy and refused to look at anyone but my family. That was when I found comfort in art. It was an activity that I didn't need to engag...

I Am Not the Person I Used to Be

Thank Heavens! And the best is yet to come!

I Am Not the Person I Used to Be

Now i just constantly think about suicide & about my partner & their mental state.

I Am Not the Person I Used to Be

when i was younger, i was like most kids with their emotions. now that i'm a high school freshmen, i just feel like i was a washed up kid even though many people say im not washed up.

I Am Not the Person I Used to Be

I used to be happy. I can't remember when, but I know I used to be. Now, I'm just a sad, emotional, lying mess of a person. My parents are very strict and don't approve of dating (even though I'm over 20, this is still an issue)....

I Am Not the Person I Used to Be

When I used to try and help people on here/EP, I always felt like I was fighting an uphill battle. Like people hated me for it more often than they appreciated it, and like nothing I was saying was really having an effect on anyone. I used to try and...

I Am Not the Person I Used to Be

There are different seasons in life. For this season. . . I keep losing everything that is rightfully and supposedly mine! Though I am gaining wisdom!

I Am Not the Person I Used to Be

I am not who I used to be- I don't believe that anyone can truly say they are. We are constantly evolving beings with great potential for adaption and change, even when the change is difficult and it seems like nothing will be right again. We pi...

I Am Not the Person I Used to Be

I used to be happy, carefree and had friends. Then I grew up...reality check

I Am Not the Person I Used to Be

I used to be ok with life, until I lost someone who was special and made me become selfless, after her loss I discovered I was good at giving advice and had patience to find people needing help, until someone played with me, then I was still selfless...

I Am Not the Person I Used to Be

I used to be this fun loving person whose always laughing with my friends, I used to be bad too, always teasing people, poking fun at them, the list goes on, I blamed it on 'peer pressure ' but now I've noticed that motherhood d...

I Am Not the Person I Used to Be

Over the past five years I've changed a hell of a lot. I used to be full of self loathing, unabled to accept myself or my sexuality and consumed with anxiety. I used to drag myself through each day too scared to think about the future. It's...

I Am Not the Person I Used to Be

I feel so alone right now.😭

I Am Not the Person I Used to Be

My miscarriage has changed me..

I Am Not the Person I Used to Be

I am much more better♥️♥️♥️

I Am Not the Person I Used to Be

Life teaches one in their own way even if they do not choose to do so. I am someone now whom growing up I would never have imagined myself being.

I Am Not the Person I Used to Be

I think we are all constantly changing. A complex mixture of all the things we have seen and experienced. But underneath there is a thread that is the essence of who we really are. I think Ive lost sight of who I am and Im almost scared to be person...

I Am Not the Person I Used to Be

I was funnier when I was miserable. Go figure. I'm more serious these days but I enjoy my life more.

I Am Not the Person I Used to Be

I used to be a shy, quiet and introverted person 3 years ago. Now, I'm confident and more outgoing. I'm not afraid of speaking to people I don't know and I'm willing to try more new things. I think getting a job really helped with...

I Am Not the Person I Used to Be

I used to have huge crushes on hot guys. Now I don't give a damn for them. I guess I have grown up.

I Am Not the Person I Used to Be

I have no idea of what happened to me, especially in the last 2 years Before starting high school I was a "half emo". I hated basically everything, but I loved those who stood by me. Then i left middle school, got into High School and every...

I Am Not the Person I Used to Be

Of cours I'm not the person I use to be...life changes you for better or worse. People change its tthe way things are.

I Am Not the Person I Used to Be

Daft statement really. We start off trusting and green. Then after we've experienced disappointment from others we change our being from hopeful to negative minded. Lowering our expectation to avoid further disappointment.

1-100 of 213

4616 people following
I Am Not the Person I Used to Be

Personal Stories, Advice, and Support

Content Rating: Non-Adult

Health Self-improvement

Before posting, remember:

No name-calling or personal attacks.

No discrimination.

No harassment, bullying or threats.

No offensive, hateful, revolting or disgusting images.

Be kind and friendly.

Add positiveness.

Know when to stop and leave the conversation.

Ignore and Block offenders.

What is the acceptable behavior on Similar Worlds?