Social anxiety

"Most people assume I'm just adorably shy and a bit introverted. They're wrong , I'm not just introverted I had a serious problem. I think it started back when I was y

ounger, when my parents sent me off to flight camp. I was always a bit shy but when I was sent to flight camp I was made fun of and I just felt like my parents didn't want me. I was never good at flying and flight camp just amplified that. It was humiliating i could never do anything right. Even if they didn't say anything out loud I know they were thinking it.

But then I met her, my first ever friend. I don't know why she decided to stand up for me ,but she did and I'm forever grateful. Rainbow dash was my first ever friend. I didn't talk much but it was never awkward she just understood. I could have listened to her talk for hours. After that I discovered ponyville. Once again thanks to her. It was so perfect I could stay in my cottage not having to talk to anyone. I began to slip into old habits again ,I just couldn't help myself. I was afraid to go anywhere in town. I knew nothing would happen but I was just so afraid. I couldn't even go out shopping it was a serious problem.

That's when she came to live in ponyville. I always feel it's my fault I kept her grounded. Maybe she would have accomplished her dream if I hadn't. That's why I tried to change. I didn't do it for myself, I did it for her. She was always the one who showed me I was important. Who made me believe others needed me. Who made me understand nobody hated me. She helped me get over it. Step by step. I made new friends. I met discord and tree hugger. People I never would have met if not for her. I suppose you could say she saved the world. If she hadn't been there for me none of us would be here today. I would still be somewhere up in clouds dale. We wouldn't all have met on that summer sun celebration.

I would never have dared meet any of you. In the end she was the one who brought us all together. She was my best friend. She was rainbow dash."

I finished, as I stepped away from the microphone. I looked at her one last time, she looked so pale in her white robe surrounded by rainbow coloured flowers.

"Goodbye" I said, as I sat back down.