I can’t really think of a specific time I felt anonymous, like my story was untold or forgotten . I do feel there has been a point in time where the people around me didn’t really know me . Honestly I’ve always been content with being around a small group of people or alone. There has been times where I felt I was disconnected from a lot of the people around me. Most people say that I’m mature for my age and that my mindset isn’t like most. During my last year in high school I felt that I had outgrown a lot of people. Many all throughout high school who I guess were considered “friends” at the time no longer felt that way when it came down to it. I started to feel as though I didn’t value the same things they did. 

   I understand that you can be friends with people and have different opinions and value systems. However I felt it was deeper than that. Something in me felt that the trials through high school showed me who was genuine and who wasn’t. The anonymous feeling would be when I had a lot of people around me yet only a few who understood me. I knew what I wanted and there was just certain things I didn’t feel the need to associate myself with any longer.  I know that I’m not the only person who felt this way I’ve heard others say the same thing. 

    Sometimes people get offended when you no longer want to maintain a relationship they take it personally. They’ll take it as you attacking their character and become defensive. If I’ve outgrown anyone it doesn’t mean I have any sort of ill feelings towards that person it is simply that I have outgrowing the circumstances that I was in. In way I felt trapped in my high school being that I was with the same people from grades 6-12. I wasn’t able to expand and have other options. Finally during my senior year I would get to escape and be exposed to new environments.