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and I was used to the same routine all of the time. This
psychologist switched schedules, so I started seeing a
different psychologist. The new psychologist always
called me whenever she was late and whenever she
could not come. She referred me to see a psychologist
in Richmond, Virginia. He said that his main concern
was that I was super stressed. He referred me to see a
cognitive behavior specialist and an anxiety specialist
in Blacksburg, Virginia. I saw this psychologist in
Blacksburg for several years. He worked with me on
deep breathing. He was one of the best psychologists
that I ever saw. It broke my heart when he retired. I
see a cognitive behavior and an anxiety specialist in
Radford, Virginia now. She is very smart and I like her.
One summer, I went to a facility in Fishersville,
Virginia to learn how to drive and to be evaluated to
see what kind of job I could get. I was very homesick.
I was supposed to be there for eight or nine days but
I only stayed for two days and I left. I cried for two
straight days. My roommate was scared of a bug. He
wanted me to pull down the emergency button when
a bug ran across the floor. I stepped on the bug and
killed it instead. One of the main reasons why I did
not like that place is because I felt like the people
that worked there were “standoffish” and many of
the children were from different backgrounds that I
did not understand.
The summer before my ninth grade year and tenth
grade year, I took a course called, “Camp Cougar”.
This was a summer P.E. class for high school students
to take if they did not want to take P.E. class during the
school year. I would go canoeing, white water rafting,