Personal Narrative: Counselling As A Form Of Therapy

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As people get older, they go through circumstances we all struggle through and cope through. Going through these things such as coming out gay, and my sister almost dying put me in counseling. Not everyone does counselling but counselling is a form of therapy to get through hard times. People as young as 14 years old struggle with their emotion, their personality and need some remedy to boost their audacity up. Many people just like me struggle coming out gay. My struggles helped me who I became and how i’m such a better person now. Let me take you back when I was 15 years old. I was struggling with something many others like me fight with. Ashamed I felt every day and that shame carried on till I decided to trust my brother and I then

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