I think we all had a place we felt better and sometimes it was in our heads at other times a physical place.
Those formative years are so important to us yet we don't know it...Now I can look back and see the value and how the difficulties helped shape me. There were more to come of course, different ones, harder ones, but we work through them huh?
Thanks for reading and sharing a little of your own past. You're a good chap.
From time to time I wonder if knowing how important those experiences were to me being who I am would have made them more bearable at the time, but I'm not sure I would have learned as much possessing that knowledge. Sometimes trials, tribulations, and despair are the steroids of character!
You're not so bad yourself! lol
Adversity is a great teacher. Of course, it takes the right person and attitude to make it so.