Raise your faith

  Growing up, I was always the quiet kid. The kid who always behaved in class, who never got caught being too loud or rebellious in any way. I would say that, on the whole, I was a good kid who was considered good by most. But as I grew up and slowly grew into the person I am, I realized that I was not a good child because I was better than other children. I was good because I was afraid to be myself. You see, I grew up in an extremely abusive home. My father indulged in alcohol and had severe anger issues. My father instilled a fear in me that I still struggle with today as an adult. My father never once laid a hand on me, nor did he have to. When he just looked at me, my heartbeat fast and my hands shook. My father's physical abuse was more directed at my mother  Growing up and seeing all that I experienced as such a young child, especially having to be taken away from home because things were getting alot worse than they always were, I developed severe anxiety and...