How I Gained Self-Esteem Through My Own Mortal Kombat

I was always different from everyone in school. I mean come on I was the caretaker to two disabled and verbally and manipulating abusive parents. I never had the urge to make a ton of friends. I didn’t know to understand back then why I didn’t fit in, but I always felt I was never good enough to be part of the group. I would never go social events, in guilt for not being there for my mom or dad. I was a complete insecure and self-loathing introvert.⁣
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To compensate for this I would let my imagination take flight. I had a ton of toys, markers, and crayons and an overly large passion for fantasy and sci-fi to escape to! I would spend hours in my room, drawing or playing with my heroes, taking myself out of who I was and turning into a person I always wished I could be. To be honest, it took me over 30 years to grow out of this extreme insecurity, of only living an imaginary version of myself. Today I am still a social introvert, I love talking with people, sharing my message but I’d 100% rather be at home on the sofa than at a party. But there is one other thing different, I have gained an eminence sense of self-love. Those same things that once brought anxiety to me at school only bring joy to me now!⁣
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Kitana also was a loner. Her only friends Jade and Melina. Kitana’s sole focus was to train for the Mortal Kombat tournament. It wasn’t until she grew older and was able to find out the truth about her past with her evil father, that she was able to find her true purpose and fight for Earth Realm.⁣
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Has low self-esteem kept you from living a full life?⁣