I feel like based on my birthday people expect me to be evil. I know that sounds crazy but people are serious, the majority of the time, when they say they are scared of my birthday. Sometimes it just irritates me or makes me laugh at them because being scared of a birth date, something I can't control is foolish. You're probably wondering, "Well what is your birthday," I was born June 6 2006 aka the devil's number according to religious people. Growing up me and my mother were big Harry Potter fans. My mom growing up was a bigger Harry Potter fan than I was due to the fact she read all the books. When watching every movie I was always confused as to why they treated Slytherins so terribly. I was wondering every time and asking every time were born evil or were treated as if they were evil and then became evil. Growing up I always loved Slytherins and thought they didn't care what others think and did what they wanted. I wanted to be like to. For all 17 years of my life, I've coincided with Slytherin. I love the ambition, the drive, and the cleverness. Who wouldn't love to be like Slytherins? The House values students who have a real thirst for success, and whose main desire is to reach great heights. This is so that students reach their full potential and learn not to be too emotional and to think logically the majority of the time. Over the past 10 years, from age 7 to 17 my dream career has changed many times. From 7-11, I wanted to be a YouTuber, then from age 11-14 I wanted to be a lawyer, and now I want to be either a psychologist or psychiatrist. I have never doubted myself that I couldn't get into college or not be able to do what I want when I get older. I've always been the type to be able to accomplish whatever I want. Most people, including me, want to be successful and would do anything to reach their dreams. When it comes to a house, most houses can't compare to Slytherin's drive for success. To be successful comes with challenges and if you are a real Slytherin you don't shy away from challenges and as challenges come your way, you most likely have to be competitive and selfish. People confuse selfishness as a negative trait when the majority of the time selfishness is either needed or necessary for your happiness and that is what I appreciate most about Slytherins.

All my life I've struggled not only with my mental issues but others. From my mother's, my father's, my sister's, and now my own. Growing up both my parents were young and my mother just finished high school. She constantly switched jobs and growing up we switched constantly from around 3-4 apartments. My father worked too, but he eventually got a good, stable job to support us. Growing up I believed we had a good life, my parents were married, we would go on vacations sometimes, and school was fun for me. Maybe I just didn't pay attention enough to how my parents interacted with each other. Studies show that you don't start to have complete memories from ages 4-7, for me it was age 7 which was the age my sister was born. I feel that's when my life changed and I noticed how my parents changed. At my age now, which is 17, my mother tells me that things could've been "different" or "better" if she didn't have my sister. It made me angry because that means she didn't take any accountability for her divorce from my father. My parent's divorce was equally their fault from my understanding. When they divorced, I grew up quickly from there, my life had completely changed at age 11. From 11 to 17, I realized many things could've happened differently if they had taken mental health seriously, but if we did my parents would've stayed together and my family would've been much happier. I realized I had bipolar disorder at 16 years old and was put on a mood stabilizer to make sure I didn't get in trouble at school which I did at 15. When I got in trouble I had to be on probation and do community service, which was to pick up trash on the side of the road, in the cold. I never got into trouble again, no matter the circumstances. When I was first diagnosed, I started to look back on my past, I realized that my mother might have undiagnosed bipolar disorder too. As I got older, I watched her actions more closely and consulted with my therapist as I told her stories from my childhood, she indeed did have bipolar disorder. My father on the other hand, it was quite obvious he had anger issues, but anyone could see that whether they knew him personally or not. My grandmother, my father's mother, frequently tells stories of his childhood and every time I am surprised and humored that she didn't figure out he had ADHD. It makes sense since my little sister has and now takes medicine for it which does help. My dream to be a psychiatrist is my biggest goal. I want my family to realize how important mental health can be and I want to educate them on how it can help future problems. It takes certain steps and resources to reach goals in life which can be mentally draining, which everyone can relate to.