I unlocked a memory from I think 10th grade I completely forgot about.

I think it was 10th grade but it may have been 11th grade. I got high last night and it just bubbled up to the surface and was stunned I even kept it with me for as long as I have. I was in woodshop class, a class I genuinely loved, and I remember being picked on by this group of guys. I don't even remember what started the whole conversation but I do remember them asking me inappropriate questions. I remember them asking me if my dad touched me or did things to me and I can remember being floored. My dad was hardly ever home because he worked a ton and he never did anything of the sort. Everytime I'd fight back they would laugh and say oh did we hit a nerve. I can't remember what other inappropriate things were asked of me but I remember that clear as day. I just remember heat rising up in my face and feeling very uncomfortable and embarrassed. I never said anything to anyone because the last thing I wanted was to make my life any harder than it was in that place.

To this day my parents do NOT know the extent of just how bullied I was growing up. They don't know what I dealt with everyday. They didn't even know that I hoarded my lunch money and never ate in the cafeteria the entirety of highschool. I was given $20 every single week and I sat on top of it all like a gold hoarding dragon. I graduated in 2006 and had amassed a nice nest egg by the time I got my diploma.