Ken Rideout

And I really...

Some of this stuff sounds corny and cliche.

I get it.

But if you don't think highly of yourself, trust me, no one else will either.

You have to be your own biggest advocate.

Well, I will say from my earliest childhood memory, I didn't feel like I belonged in this like house of horrors that I was living in.

Right.

I was constantly they beat the shit out of me all the time.

There were always people doing drugs, fighting.

It was violent.

It was anxiety ridden because even as a kid, I remember thinking like, how am I related to these people?

I'm not supposed to be here.

And

It's crazy.

Like if someone believed in reincarnation, they'd be like, oh yeah, he's reincarnated and came from a normal situation and now he's dealing with this.

So growing up, I always knew the right thing to do.

Like I didn't have any rules.

I could come and go as I pleased.

Like my parents weren't like, get in before the lights come down.

Like I could stay out all night and do whatever I wanted, but I never did those things.