Why I Started Swimming (not a positive MyTake)

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When I was about 7 I got run over by a car, I didn't go to the hospital because my mother thought it was just a small injury. My arm was run over but not broken, and my hip had ripped up enough to see bone( I didn't tell anyone). I later found out I wasn't able to run very much, my side would ache and burn to the point id be screaming. I had just got on to a great basketball team only to find out I couldn't run to score a point. After this happened my mood dropped, I started snapping at people and stopped hanging out with friends. Before I was hit I was know as one of the sweetest kids in the neighbor hood and church. 2 years past and I had gotten worse, I was mad at the world and hated my body. I started getting depressed, I lost every friend I had due to how mean I was. I started self-harming when I turned ten, I had gained weight because of the stop in sports. I believed I was fat and broken, even though I was only hurting myself and no one else thought that. A year later I tired out for a swimming team and found that I was able to swim. In fact I was the fastest on the team, in the water I felt like I could fly. I ranked up levels fastly and soon got on to a MAKO team, where I found that people didn't care about my body type or my hair color/eyes.

That's why I started swimming.

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[Somewhat_Normal]

Very nice take, I'd like to think in the end this turned out to be highly positive for you and your life. Really seems like you turned things around for the better after experiencing all that terrible stuff from such a young age. I had a severe issue a little similar to this when I was younger too, although the way I changed it around was not done as well as you did.
Good luck with your competitive swimming, wish you the best with it and all your future endeavours!

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Thank you

[SG_04]

Excellent Mytake, I am an professional swimmer myself. Good luck with the swimming!

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thank you and that is really cool

[Anonymous]

Great take!

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thank you