Topic > Personal Narrative Essay: Growing up with my mother and…

So when I moved away, I had to open up to more people than just my grandparents and it has always been difficult for me to be open about certain topics with people. I have always been a sociable person but I was not an open person. With the move I had to meet "family" and get to know them with the strength of my grandparents and it didn't end so well. Also, many people don't understand me except my grandparents, so when people judge me they always see me as cruel or cold-hearted. I also had fewer things on my mind before the move because my grandparents could read me and knew whatever mood or emotion I was in. After the move I felt like I couldn't trust anyone, not even my mother because she didn't understand me. Without being with people who understood me it was a difficult move and I always kept a lot of things inside because I never felt comfortable with anyone, no one understood me to see where I was coming from and finally I didn't trust anyone. But leaving my grandparents has made me become more open and trust my “family,” although I'm still working on trusting people outside of my family..