First of all I would like to mention that nowadays I am trying to become a better version of me so that’s why I’m trying to not feel embarrassed at trivial matters. However, while I was younger, while I was still at school, I used to get embarrassed even at the small thing that happened to me. So the last time I was really ashamed of my actions, of what had happened, was during high school. I was, let’s say, a quiet girl who didn’t have many friends. So eyes that were looking at me, like everyone looking at me, was the biggest nightmare for me. Then what happened was that during high school, while I was walking down the stairs, it was also like a holiday. So we were celebrating it beforehand and there were many people behind me at the stairs and I just fell in front of all of them. And my skirt got lifted up and I was really embarrassed. I immediately turned red and I wanted just to disappear or go somewhere else so I quickly ran away from the scene. When I looked at the situation now, I realized that it wasn’t nothing bad really. However, for a young mind of a teenager who’s going through some hormonal change, it was a big scene. And at that time I wasn’t really familiar with coping mechanisms so I really went home. I just went home and cried my eyes out. I was literally sobbing. But nowadays I don’t pay attention to such small occasions, to such small, let’s say, accidents. So I believe it was the biggest embarrassment in my life.
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First of all, I would like to mention that nowadays I am trying to become a better version of myself, so that's why I'm trying not to feel embarrassed about trivial matters. However, when I was younger, while I was still in school, I used to get embarrassed even by small things that happened to me. The last time I was really ashamed of my actions, of what had happened, was during high school. I was, let's say, a quiet girl who didn't have many friends. So, having everyone looking at me was the biggest nightmare for me. Then what happened was that during high school, while I was walking down the stairs, it was also a holiday. We were celebrating beforehand, and there were many people behind me on the stairs, and I just fell in front of all of them. My skirt got lifted up, and I was really embarrassed. I immediately turned red and wanted to disappear or go somewhere else, so I quickly ran away from the scene. When I look at the situation now, I realize that it wasn't anything bad really. However, for a young mind of a teenager going through hormonal changes, it was a big scene. At that time, I wasn't really familiar with coping mechanisms, so I just went home and cried my eyes out. I was literally sobbing. But nowadays, I don't pay attention to such small occasions, to such small, let's say, accidents. So I believe it was the biggest embarrassment of my life.
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