Patrick Folsom
The psychological development of a teenager in High School.
A Human Fact: People will make judgments on everything, no matter what. Never trust anyone who ever says they don't judge.
Nathan Rydal is a teenager who never let his feet hit the ground, he just decides to fly. Nathan Rydal is the symbol of changes and decisions we as people make. His life is torturous yet pleasant, and he constantly lives in the state of mind we all wish we could explore. Have you ever tried to be arrogantly humble, or perhaps intellectually stupid. Nathan's life is one big contradiction after another, as he analyzes not only his own mind, but everyone around him.
Patrick Folsom first became obsessed with writing in the 3rd grade and ever since has yet to stop.
The Private Mindset is his first book and he started writing the novel at the age of 14. He intends to continue his never ending cycle of writing and plans on writing many more books. Patrick Folsom was born in Rochester New York in 1989. He currently attends Humboldt State University and majors in psychology. Patrick Folsom lives by the philosophy of "Life is whatever you want it to be...Seriously"
Change. All of us change. People that say, “People don’t change,” that’s a lie. Our minds can change in ten seconds. It doesn’t take much to change your mind. It doesn’t take much to realize something you never saw before. Every time you meet someone new, they affect you. Sometimes the effect of a new person varies in impact. You could be meeting your future wife, or you could be meeting the next “that one girl.” The point is, that you have to embrace the fact that anyone at any time…can be changed.
I woke up on my own accord. No need for alarms or my mom screaming. I simply awoke before any of that could happen. I would imagine it had a lot to do with my lack of sleep. I took a shower, and got the crazy idea to try something. I turned the knob to the hottest it could go. It burned like crazy but for some reason it felt like something that I needed to get used to. The heat was intensifying and not getting any easier. I honestly don’t think I had ever seen so much steam in my life. I stayed like that for about five minutes until my body started to get used to the sensation. I then turned the knob in the opposite direction to the very thick blue line that read “cold.” It took a second for the water to stop being hot. Then the cold hit my body all at once. It came full circle and I felt as if I had just joined a group of ice cubes in the Atlantic. I yelled really loud and wanted to turn off the shower badly. I hopped around the shower like a lost bunny, almost falling at one point. But I knew I had to do the same thing I had done with the heat. I was shivering and holding myself like I was going to die of hypothermia. After about three minutes my body started to enjoy the cold. As strange as that sounds, the cold was now feeling good. Not to mention every single one of my senses heightened. I felt energized and I started to jump up and down, I wanted to fuel my sudden adrenaline rush.
