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“I’ve learned that no matter what happens, or how bad it seems today, life does go on,
it will be better tomorrow”
MAYA ANGELOU
When you’re an introvert, it can be difcult to speak up for yourself in a potentially damaging situation. Bullies can warp the way you view the world. Your judgment can be so undermined that you question everything you believe and shrink inwards. At school, I was the shy one in a sea of extroverts and, when the class bully struck, I didn’t know how to overcome her onslaught.