Yelling. Insults. The usual, really. Filming videos and being an influencer wasn't a choice. No, instead it was something she had been forced to do by her mother. Not having any real friends was not her idea, nor was YouTube. She really just wanted a normal life, but no. After her father left her mother when he found out that she was pregnant, her mother had become somewhat crazy. She blamed Piper for her father leaving, and ever since then had only seen her daughter as a way to make money, forcing her to make videos and pay for everything her mother could ever possibly want.
Yes, Piper Rockelle was no stranger to exploitation.
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Loneliness. Independence. His parents were never home. When his mother died (at the time he was seven years old), his father became a rude alcoholic who had stayed in Texas while he and his sister lived in Los Angeles. Living alone, with your older sister who is almost always busy, leads you to develop a thick shell. No matter how many friends you have, family will always be missing. You have to learn to defend yourself at a young age and deal with the ache in your stomach.
Yes, Jentzen Ramirez was not a stranger to loneliness.
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Jealousy. Pressure. When your parents are the perfect family, and the kindest people alive, there is a lot of pressure on you to be perfect, be kind, always say the right thing, never mess up. No matter how kind and supportive your parents are, and no matter how many good friends you have (although she had none) you still always feel the pressure to be perfect. Not to mention the jealousy radiating from other people, everytime they saw you, thinking your life was so perfect, that nothing was wrong. Everyone wanted to be you, because they thought nothing about your life was wrong.
Yes, Emily Dobson was no stranger to jealousy.
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Tears. Sadness. When your mother is always close to tears and always sad ever since your father left her, you start to develop a cold exterior that trusts no one and lets no one in. When you have someone so close to you constantly in a bad mood, no matter how wonderful they are, it just has to rub off on you, no matter how hard they try to keep you happy. You learn to see through people's facade and see their true emotions, knowing what you have to do to comfort them, but never being able to because your own emotions are safely locked away in a box, and you don't know what to do when you see others express them.
Yes, Lev Cameron was no stranger to tears.
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Ignorance. Business. When both of your parents are so busy all the time, working nearly every hour of each day, always away on buisness trips and never having time for you, you get used to being ignored. There are more important things to do that come before you, and after a while you just stop believing that you're worth anything, because you get ignored so often.
Yes, Jenna Davis was no stranger to ignorance.
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Lies. Faking. Half of your life is a lie. Your parents don't care if it's true or not, they do anything to make sure you have a good reputation. They might have good intentions, but after a while it becomes tiring to keep up the facade and everything you've built slowly starts to crumble and crack. You constantly have to be on guard and keep track of everything, and at this, no one, not even your parents, know the real you. It gets harder and harder to be yourself and you're swept up in the lies and who everyone else wants you to be.
Yes, Symonne Harrison was no stranger to lying.
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Bullying. Rudeness. When people constantly criticize you for your appearance, your age, your family, your name, your personality, your opinions, you start to think that maybe they're right. When everyone calls you lazy, everyone says that you're worthless, and are always making snide comments about you behind your back, you often find yourself crying in your room, because you have no one you can trust. You can't tell your parents because you're too scared, and you're convinced that they would never understand.
Yes, Claire Rocksmith was no stranger to bullying.
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Exhaustion. Positivity. When you're known for always being happy, never being sad, always smiling, always making everyone else feel better. When you always have to exude positivity, because if you ever dare to admit that you might be sad people would attack you, because it's so against your personality. When you have to pretend to always be happy, and always be optimistic, you get tired of never being honest, never sharing your real feelings, never being allowed to feel any sadness or anything else than complete happiness.
Yes, Ayden Mekus was no stranger to exhaustion.
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Hate. Emptiness. When your whole life is on social media for the world to see, and you get so much hate that everyone just tells you to ignore. When you always have to be the bigger person, when most of the time you can't stand up for yourself, you eventually start feeling this emptiness caused by people's words and your own mind. Sometimes you just wish that you could be like those petty and selfish people, so that you didn't let them walk all over you. When no one understands what you're going through because they've all learnt to deal with it, but you haven't.
Yes, Connor Cain was no stranger to hate.
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Defeat. Glue. When you're the glue that keeps your family together, the only one who isn't constantly arguing with your mother, yelling at your father, insulting your little sister. When you have to make sure your family doesn't become too estranged, when you're too busy taking care of everyone else and making sure they're okay that you forget to take time for yourself, and when you constantly put others wellbeing in front of your own. When you have to deal with the tears, screaming, anger and sadness every day even though it's not directed towards you.
Yes, Jaime Adler was no stranger to defeat.
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Heartbreak. Betrayal. When everyone you thought was your friend suddenly ditches you because they've found someone more popular. When people you thought you could trust betray you and it turns out you didn't know them quite as well as you thought. When you get your heart broken and it turns out your boyfriend cheated on you because someone flirted with him. When no one understands what you're going through and everyone tells you to get over it, but you wonder if you're beyond repair and can ever trust anyone again.
Yes, Azalea Carey was no stranger to heartbreak.
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