Transition To Adulthood-Personal Narrative

Although we are technically considered adults when we turn 18, most of us begin to transition to adulthood much sooner. For me that transition has come through challenges, challenges that have forced me to be independent and responsible for myself, and my little sister. I can easily say that my little sister Kylie and I have had our love hate relationship from the start. Kylie has always been the biggest pain in my butt. She has always been a follower and the person she follows the most happens to be me. When we were little we would fight about homemade birthday cards and how she would copy mine. I would get angry and my parents would always tell me she just wanted to be like her big sister. She copied everything I did and followed my every move. She looks up to me, and up until a few years ago I didn’t truly realize that. A little over 2 years ago life changed a bit for both my family and me. I remember the day like it was yesterday, winter break of 2014, sitting on the couch watching TV next to my sister. This was one of the few times we were getting along. Suddenly Kylie began to cry. I remember having no idea what was going on. Kylie was having a panic attack. …show more content…
I called my mom at work, after doing my best to calm Kylie down. About a week passed and the crying and anxiety that Kylie had become worse, she stopped eating completely and struggled to leave the house. A few days later Kylie was brought to the doctors and they put her on medication. Medication helped but didn’t fix everything. I knew things were different, my family life was changing and everything around me felt like it was falling apart. Kylie became a different person and it was scary, I had never seen this side of her before and neither had my parents. For the first time we were all going to have to change our ways a little, to give Kylie what she needed, when she needed