[Strider95]

Just curious.



Were you guys very different behaviour-wise as children? If so how? And what do you think caused a change in you?

[theorycraft]

I was a completely different person. Free spirited, lively, animated, and full of emotion and expression. I could get along and interact with anyone. However, I did show signs of disrespect for authority. Everything changed in middle school when I started playing computer games. It activated something in my personality and now here I am.

I think a good way find out when things changed is by looking through old photos. I recently went through some old photo albums and noticed a trend. As I got older, my facial expression became less animated until it was almost non existed at all. It was pretty scary to see the transition from the joyful ear to ear smile of a 8 year old to the piercing death stare of today.

[badgers]

I was an extremely happy child. I liked making up songs, and I even had the guts to sing in front of people.
But then 5th grade happened, and I haven't been the same since. Kids are cruel. D:

[TheOwl]

I used to love performing in front of an audience. I used to write piano medleys, gather everyone around me, and make them listen.
When I was about 5, I got on stage at a concert and sang in front of a huge crowd.
Performing still doesn't bother me, but it's not something I seek out much anymore. I guess that's because now that I'm a better musician, I know how much better I could be than how I am and that I don't have a whole to show off. I compare myself to other people more.

Also, I didn't give a crap about what other people thought and flaunted individuality much more. I was the one you couldn't get to shut up about conspiracy theories and out of body experiences and pagan religion and other stuff I learned about in the non-fiction section of the library (my favorite place!). Nowadays, I'm much more quiet about my interests and more self-conscious. I'm also more afraid of conflict when I used to be so argumentative. Now I'm bashful. But hey, I'm a teenager. Maybe it'll pass.

[QuietStorm]

Just curious.

Were you guys very different behaviour-wise as children? If so how? And what do you think caused a change in you?

Umm... I was still pretty introverted as a kid, I'd always have an Exxx friend around though. In high school I was bullied so I became even more introverted and now... I'm just 'this'.

[luxurieux]

I was pretty shy. In preschool, I had this thing where I refused to use the bathroom at school. So I held it in all day, and when my grandmother came around to pick me up, she had this embarrassing portable potty for me. -_- Never speak of it.

I didn't really talk at all unless I was with my parents or brother or an adult I was close to. Friends were minimal. I had maybe 1 or 2 acquaintances at any given time.

I liked to build things, so my favorite toys were Legos, K'Nex, and this cool thing where you could build up a slide to roll marbles down. It was the best toy ever. Wish I still had it. Here's a picture of it. Anyone else ever have one of these?

[Ashtongue]

I was very... Chaotic as a child. I'd go about screaming in the school corridors for no apparent reason but a teacher telling me that I wasn't doing very well. Every time someone tried to guide me in any way, I'd go on and make a scene out of it.
As I grew older, the amount of episodes I had declined until it came to an stop completely.
I had 2 friends back in school, was bullied, went through school with below average grades.
Interesting times indeed.

[nadjasix]

I was extremely high energy and willful as a child but generally well-behaved. My bff for a few years was a black/Korean girl and we used to hold hands all the time so the other kids called us lesbians. Only ever had one female friend at a time and was not at all girly. I used to get really upset about racism and such, probably in part because I was friends with the handful of minority students at my school. My favorite show was the BBC World News on PBS, which I watched every night. I liked geography and read practically all the time.

Was an all-around weirdo. Shocker.

[Penquisitor]

When I was younger I wasn't all that shy at all, I disrespected authority, I was very lively and my dad sometimes had to get mad at me for me to stay still, I didn't eat very well (I was weird with food) so I was extremely thin (This is relevant for later), I was very smart and scored straight As in every test without paying attention in class or studying.

Now, Elementary school was basicly 3 Years of Pre-school then you got into 1st Grade when you were 6 and finished Elementary school when you were 9 and finished 4th grade. In 5th grade I was sent to Catholic School, things did not go so well. I liked fantasy settings (Lord of the Rings for instance) so I liked playing stuff that involved fantasy. However, here in portugal and in that school in particular Cliques already existed when you were 10 and were therefore in 5th grade. I didn't fit in at all (Although I found kids with similar interests) and was bullied frequently. To make it worse, the school had a good cafeteria that served the food I liked a lot very often, so I put on weight considerably which led to me getting picked on even more. The school also had a computer room which was where I ended up spending my days in. At the end of the day, my friends were guys in 12th grade who came to the computer room ever so often and were beat by me in Unreal Tournament because that was what I did all day long since I just couldn't get along with people.

Fast Forward to Now, my personality has pretty much been the same since 7th grade. Introverted, Agoraphobia, Paranoia, Social Anxiety and Shut-Out. I still manage to have friends and I got thin in 7th grade (I got into Aikidu when I was in 5th grade because I needed to learn self defence, obviously when I learned enough it was too late but at least I got thinner. Currently 3 belts away from black, stoped going some years ago because I was put in an awkward situation + I lost interest. Goddamn INTP) but I'm no longer as lively (at least around real people) and most of my time is still spent in video games since I'm too scared to give people a chance and just go out. As badgers said, Kids are cruel. Fuck.

[Deathbagel]

I was pretty shy. In preschool, I had this thing where I refused to use the bathroom at school. So I held it in all day, and when my grandmother came around to pick me up, she had this embarrassing portable potty for me. -_- Never speak of it.

I didn't really talk at all unless I was with my parents or brother or an adult I was close to. Friends were minimal. I had maybe 1 or 2 acquaintances at any given time.

I liked to build things, so my favorite toys were Legos, K'Nex, and this cool thing where you could build up a slide to roll marbles down. It was the best toy ever. Wish I still had it. Here's a picture of it. Anyone else ever have one of these?

YES! My grandparents had (actually probably still have) one of these sets, and it was awesome. Good memories...

Yeah I was mostly a pretty introverted child, although... I'd talk a lot. I guess I just thought I was smarter than everyone else (which is possible but... still...) and I was actually pretty arrogant and elitist up until middle school, but the result was that I just kept on talking, and talked over everybody (including teachers which they understandably were unhappy about). I was very un-athletic, and very cerebral. Basically I was the same person, except without the understanding that all of these things tend to piss people off.

Although, apparently I was quite the ladies man when I was a young kid. Quite different from now...