Hello kids, this is Risk!

The show where people tell true stories they never thought they'd dare to share.

I'm Kevin Allison and every Thursday we release these special episodes that we're calling

classic risk singles.

Each of these episodes features just one story from our earlier years.

If you're new to Risk, you should know that the podcast can be very uncensored.

This week a story that was first shared on the podcast in May of 2014 by Chelsea Hostetter.

Now this is a very emotional story with violence in it.

Here's Chelsea now with the story we call Me and My Shadow.

I've always desired approval from other people.

When I was in school I was a straight-A student.

I had perfect handwriting.

There was no shortage of compliments from other people and I would always hear, wow, Chelsea,

you know, you're going to do great things someday and there's not one person who wouldn't

want to hire you.

And I became very reliant on other people's approval.

I started crafting a persona that made myself as pleasing as possible.

During this time I got involved with two amazing women by the name of Anne and Laurie.

Laurie was a sensitive, talented person.

She's amazingly good at fashion.

I'm pretty sure she taught me how to dress myself and was the passionate assertive head

of our group.

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