Things that annoy me on Wattpad

# Fifteen

Something that frustrates me is that EVERYONE on Wattpad had a traumatic childhood.

Whether they were abused, in a car accident, lost a parent, lost both parents, had their parents divorced, lost a sibling, lost a best friend, got raped, bullied, etc...everyone went through trauma.

Now I understand that sometimes you need a character to have gone through some hard things in order to create a story, but why not give one of the two a lovely childhood?

Broken people can't fix each other.

I had a great childhood. It wasn't perfect, but it was good.

That will be my response, but at the same time I'll admit that we got robbed at least 5 times. I was in the back of the car once and a robber pulled my mom out and got behind the steering wheel, and hit me over the head when I started shouting (we're all fine btw). I moved a lot, I have lived in seven different cities (some people make moving a traumatic event in stories, that's why I'm adding it). People spread loads of rumors about me and generally I got verbally 'bullied' in a sense throughout high school...etc.

And I'm fine!

Your past doesn't define you, nor does it always scar you and I wish more people could bring that into stories.

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Do you agree?
Do you not agree?