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Growing up there was several challenges. My biggest challenge would have to be trying to find honest and true friends. People change from time to time but, a real friend will always stick with you. I was caught into a web and did not know how to get out of it because the people I thought were my friends, always brought me down and they found it funny to tamper with my emotions. It was very hard to find a genuine friend that I could rely on and stick with me when I needed it the most. Throughout, the years I switched through multiple friend groups because I realized some were only friends for the wrong reason. Those reasons usually meant that they just wanted to take advantage of me. As I got older and older I realized that I did not actually

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