Like the title says what was a normal day that changed you in some way for the worse. I'll start. I was 13 years old and went to get shows after Christmas with my family. I choose a pair and was happy and an employee at the store told me she had to take them to the front of the store. It was store policy to not allow people to walk around with items. I looked around the store and saw at least 25 other people with items. I told her that i was fine and was just waiting for my brothers to finish choosing. She insisted and tried to take the shoes from me, but my mother came over to intervene. The employee tried to tell my mother the same thing she told me and my other flipped out on her. Asked for the manager and was having already having a heated argument with about 3 employees by this time. She yelled at the manager for making a 13 year old boy feel like a Fucking thief and discriminating against me. I was really happy that my mother stood up for me. The manager apologized and offered us store credit for the so called 'misunderstandings'. My mother told me I did nothing wrong and they were shitty people. I know that, but that day lives in my head and proved all my insecurities and doubt about myself that day. There were 4 employees and the manager all defending their actions and about 30 people in a small store that watched me get berated and degraded as a 13 year old boy and the only people that had my back was my mother and my brothers. The anxiety issues I struggled with all my childhood were cemented that day and ever since has made me question the actions I take. It only got worse the older I got and more and more was deemed to be a piece of shit by society as they continued to not trust me and insist upon searching my bags and asking for receipts often. At 13 I was deemed a piece or shit because of how I look and its stayed with me. I know this seems like a very small issue by most people's experiences, but it set in place a lot of the insecurities I still have today. Thank for reading if you got this far.