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You know the other day I told this to my friends and now I feel comfortable saying this here and expanding in what I told them
To many people I& #39;m known as gordo and many others know me by real name Rafael, but there was a time I hated both names
This was at point while growing up I had major issues with myself and I was also ashamed of my dad whom I named after so that combination was no bueno on many levels
This led me to have pretty bad anger issues to point where it boiled over and I almost got arrested for send a pretty violent threat to my teacher, but luckily my school opted to get me therapy
Tho therapy was short lived because the sessions paid for ran out, it did start me on path to better myself. One of the 1st things I did was make serious amends with that teacher and she forgave me and I soon became one of her fav students after that
Soon I was able to work on things on my own, it was hard & I had tons of ups & downs doing but I started to accept myself & even forgave my dad and was ok being called of Rafael because I realized I& #39;m not him & I& #39;m completely different Rafael than he is
When I accepted that I was able to take the nickname gordo which was given to as a baby & own it with pride.
Now do I still have personal issues, oh hell yeah, but that was of the biggest I delt with growing up.
Now I have people who I love care & about who either know me as gordo some Rafael & some even call me by a variant of Rafael & I would feel weird if they called by anything else lol
If you actually read this whole thread thank you
If you actually read this whole thread thank you
