We all know what its like when everything hits at once and that has finally happened to me.
When I was younger I was an absolute idiot. I fell in with a rough crowd that had a passion for violence. So at the ripe age of 14 I was engaged in street brawls that would make a sailor cringe. It was a ridiculous part of my life that I only got out of because I watched a friend (well, he was my friend. He ended up getting killed) stab a kid my age. That was the calling to get out. But the mental damage had already been done. I ended up abusing prescription pain killers, drinking too much and smoking upwards of a pack a day. I was recently diagnosed with PTSD and I guess that has made everything hit me at once.
I'm sorry about the wall of text, I just needed to get this off my chest.