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Callie discusses how Persona 3 helped her understand and appreciate her friendships.

The game Persona 3 saved my life, in a way. It made me really realize how important having friends and family really is. I’ve never really been the social type. I’m somewhat anti-social, and people usually just make me want to shoot someone, namely myself. I mean, after being bullied from the time I was 5, just starting school, to recent times, as a 15 year old, a sophmore in high school, underappreciated by both teachers and friends, who wouldn’t want to? 
   
It was actually this year that I first played Persona 3, after much resistance. A girl in the grade above me handed me a copy of the game, and told me to go play it over Thanksgiving break. 
   
I was wary at first, but after a few hours of gameplay, I noticed that the Protagonist was a lot like me, despite our genders. I also noticed that I was personally making these bonds with each character as I played the game, and how strong the bonds got the more you talked to these people. 
   
I thought for a while. Though the people of this game could get annoying, it was like they were my true friends. So, the week that we got back to school, I watched my relationships with the people around me. They weren’t so different from those in the game. 
   
Persona 3 made me realize that although some people may really make me angry, they were and are my friends, and they care about my wellbeing and my sanity. Some of them are willing to do anything to help me if I need it. 
   
For the longest time, I felt as if there was nobody who gave a damn about me. But Persona 3 showed me that all I had to do was pay more attention, and I would see that I was loved, and needed, and wanted.
   
I still get those thoughts every once in a while, but I just think about my friends, and Persona 3’s lesson, and I know that I can’t do what I thought about those many times. I have episodes where I may dig my nails deep into my skin, but I know that I can’t let myself die just yet.

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    Persona didn’t help me… why.
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    other day? This expands on...idea alot, they aren’t my words
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