I'm me, and I won't change for anybody, not even you.

I've never been a complicated person. No, really, never. So why do I feel the need to be complicated? I've always been me, I've never been labelled and I've never been a follower.

Some people say that when life gets you down, you need to keep your chin up and grit your teeth. Problem is, I find it hard to do that. I find it hard to cope if things are bogging down on me. I don't always feel the need to share it, but if I do, I need someone there, someone who's going to listen. And luckily I've found that person, well, several people actually. And they always offer me good advice. Since finding these people, my life has changed for the better. I haven't changed so that they will like me, and they have accepted the real me. For that I am grateful. I can't for the life of me understand why people need to change for others.

All the while I was at school, I tried my hardest to fit in. Not by doing what others did, or following trends. But by being me. I soon figured out that it got me nowhere. So I kept a small group of friends who had accepted that. I have since stopped talking to those friends, but have new friends who have accepted me for who I am. The people who doubted me at school all of a sudden want to know me, purely becuase I have acheived something out of not being a follower. They can stick their friendship up their arse for all I care. They didn't want to know me then, and I don't want to know them now.

I used to get bullied at school, for being different, for being overweight, for not agreeing with the 'popular' kids choices. And it shattered me. I became a shell of a person. After I left school, I realised that you don't need to worry about what others think. If you are happy, that's all that matters. So now I say: What you see is what you get. Don't try to change me. It won't work.