Things that annoy me on Wattpad

# Sixty Two

On Wattpad, most of the characters refuse to talk about bad things that happened in their past until they get really comfortable with someone.

I get that some people definitely are like that and that it creates conflict in the story, but not everyone is like that.

Some people easily talk about things that traumatized them (there will obviously be limits and also, you won't just run up to someone and tell them your whole life story, but if it comes up you find it easier to talk about it).

So, things like rape will obviously be much harder to talk about, but some things you will be able to talk about and 'sort out' without a boy. I promise.

When I was a kid, they broke into our house a few times. At this one certain house it was 4 times in one month. My brother and I slept in our parents' room and it was really bad and scary.

The one day, my mom went to pick us up at school and when we got home, there was a unknown car in our driveway. We pulled up behind them and three men came out of our house. One yanked my mom out of the car and held her against the wall, while another one got into the car. I was hysterical and he hit me over the head (turns out they just wanted to move the car so they could get away with the stolen goods). It was a really traumatic experience and my mom says that for months I would hide behind her if I saw a black man.

We never went to a psychologist or something, I just talked it out. I told my teacher what happened and eventually life went on.

Every time something terrible happens, I just have to tell someone and I easily open up about it if someone asks something like that.

I really understand that there are people who don't talk about things like this, but why should all Wattpad characters be like that? Why can't someone just talk about what they went through (I promise you, that's way more shocking than someone clamping up).

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