I used to be a catfish before the word catfish was a thing. It started when I was 12 when I didn’t really know any better. I wanted more friends. I wanted people to accept me for me and not throw me away because my personality didn’t match the person I looked like I should be. These are reasons why I empathize with the characters on the television show with the same name. No one really understands what some of them are going through unless you’ve felt the pain. It’s a shame we have to stoop to such deceiving ways, and everyday I still hate myself for it. It was something that started as a joke and ended in pain and suffering on my own end in addition to the people I lied to. I hate it. And I wish I could go back and change everything because I’ve lost so many good people because of it.