Do you think you're the same person you were in High School?

[Doclector]

No. I'm alot stronger than then, and alot more of a realist.

 

[MikailCaboose]

Still in, but I've matured through it. Though, if you compare it to just 8th grade, then yeah, I'm a hell of a lot different. Much less withdrawn.

 

[Enigmers]

I am in High School, so...yes.

Word for word, this is the response I had in mind.

Now I get paid to be somewhere I hate.

This is the attitude I assume I'll have later.

The Escapist is really on the ball today! You guys are like fortune tellers!

 

[Blue Musician]

Not starting High School until the 18th, so we'll see...

 

[similar.squirrel]

Not yet. I've been out for two months, and I'm starting to realize that I need to drastically change my mentality. It didn't serve me too well in there, and I think my exam results are going to reflect that.

 

[Not-here-anymore]

I'm less withdrawn. I'm no longer the person who stands in the corner mumbling quietly in response to any questions. This may be a side effect of no longer being surrounded by people who are so far up themselves they can see daylight again. (and who put me in a bin to alleviate boredom. It sucks being the right size to fit in a bin)

 

[Good morning blues]

Lord, no, and thank the cosmos for it.

 

[BlumiereBleck]

Still there so yes!

 

[Toar]

I'm still a virgin to sex, drugs, and alcohol, so yes, I am the same dispicable conservative monster I have always been. Bah!

 

[arsenicCatnip]

I'm a lot more comfortable with myself than I was, and a lot less anxious socially. But I remember how it used to be, and I work my ass off to make sure I never backslide that far again.

 

[SimpleChimp]

I will allways be the same person, i will only grow and purify the "who" i am.

I have not changed anything about me, but been able to grow and expand instead of stay stale.

Hell, i still hang out with most of the same friends.

 

[Mimssy]

Look at me and what I was in high school, and look at me now, and the difference is night and day. School was a living hell for me that I barely got out of with a shred of sanity and positive self-image left.

University gave me a second chance outside of that hell, and I came out an entirely different person. I'm pretty certain of it.

Of course, I'm still the same witty, irreverent, possibly even intelligent person I always was, but it's simply a new outlook, a new mindset. Also, University allowed exposure to scenes and culture that simply didn't exist in the tiny ass towns I grew up in. I came away from it with a much larger world-view than I would have ever had if I'd never gone.

Also, dropping about 30 or so pounds somewhere along the way between the end of one and the other made a definite physical change, as well.

So, no, I'm not entirely the same, yet I am. If that makes sense...

I know exactly what you mean. All those insecurities and and bullshit changed, but the good and core parts of you stayed (and thrived).

I'm a stronger and more confident person. I've gotten a better understanding of people. The softer side of me is still there and just as warm and fuzzy, but I like who I am more than when I was in high school.

The people who stay in there hometowns with the same circle of friends don't change much (or so I have noticed).

 

[Okuu_Fusion]

Well... its been only 2 or 3 years... so... Yeah, I've changed... a little... worst change though is my drawing ability... its degraded...

 

[natster43]

Well since I am still in High School yes I am the same person.

 

[ShrooM_DoughKiD]

I'm older, a tad stronger, skinnier and taller, I've experienced more and matured.. somewhat.

I am different, but not that much.

 

[Kurokami]

Odd question perhaps but i can't stop thinking about it, haven't had chance to ask my real world friends yet so was wondering how y'all felt.

So Escapist are you the same person you were in high school?

Personally i'm still as geeky and shy as i was back then but am way less socially inept and have lots more friends.......and a girlfriend!

I'm backwards from you, (except for the girlfriend part) everyone seems to have gone their own way since the end of highschool and whilst I see them occasionally, its really not the same as it used to be.

 

[CouchCommando]

no