我曾战胜过的困难英语作文八年级
    The Difficulties I Have Overcome
    Life hasn't always been easy for me. Even though I'm just in 8th grade, I've already faced quite a few challenges and obstacles. Some were small, like struggling with a certain subject in school. Others were bigger and more life-changing. But through it all, I've learned that no matter how tough things get, you can't give up. You have to keep pushing forward and believe that better days are ahead. That's what has helped me overcome the difficulties I've dealt with so far.
    One of the first major hurdles I had to get over was my parents' divorce when I was 7 years old. One day, everything seemed fine and my family was together and happy. Then the next, my mom and dad told me they were separating and I'd have to split time living between their two houses. I was devastated. I loved having my mom, dad, and little brother all under the same roof. The thought of my parents not being together anymore was heartbreaking.
    The year after the divorce was really hard. There was a lot of arguing between my parents over little things like who would pick me up from school on what days. My brother and I got bounced back and forth constantly between their houses. It felt like my family had been ripped apart, and I didn't know if things would ever go back to the way they used to be when we were all together.
    Slowly but surely though, my mom and dad figured out how to co-parent in a civil way. The fighting stopped, and we settled into a routine of spending some days and weekends at mom's house, and others at dad's. It wasn't ideal, but I realized that just because my parents were divorced didn't mean they stopped loving me or caring about me. Their relationship may have ended, but our family was still there.
我曾    Another big obstacle I've had to deal with is my learning disability. I was diagnosed with dyslexia in the 3rd grade after struggling for years with reading and writing. When all the other kids were zooming through books with no issues, every sentence was a battle for me. It took me forever to sound out even the simplest words. I would mix up letters constantly w
hen trying to write. Math was difficult too because I would flip numbers around and get problems wrong even when I understood the concepts.
    I felt so alone and dumb compared to my classmates. Why was reading and writing so hard for me when it seemed so easy for everyone else? The frustration and embarrassment made me not even want to try sometimes. I started to think maybe I just wasn't smart enough to do well in school.
    Fortunately, I had a wonderful teacher in 3rd grade who realized what I was going through. After I got officially tested and diagnosed with dyslexia, she worked with me and got me into special education classes to get extra help. Suddenly, there were tools and strategies to help me with my reading issues. I used colored overlays when reading to help keep the letters from dancing around on the page. I learned phonics skills to sound out words. Writing started making more sense when I was taught strategies for remembering how to spell tricky words.
    With a lot of hard work and the right kind of assistance, I stopped feeling so lost and behi
nd in my schoolwork. My confidence grew as I could finally read books and do assignments without constant struggles. I realized that having a learning disability doesn't make you unintelligent - it just means you have to approach learning differently from others. Now in 8th grade, I still have dyslexia, but I've overcome so many of the obstacles it once posed for me.
    Probably the biggest difficulty I've faced so far was the loss of my dad to cancer three years ago. He was diagnosed with an aggressive form of the disease that spread quickly despite chemotherapy and other treatments. Watching my once strong and energetic father get sicker and weaker was absolutely devastating. The last few months of his life were filled with hospital stays, him losing his hair, and terrible side effects from the medications.
    When he passed away, I didn't think I would ever be able to get through the sadness and grief. My dad was my hero, my buddy, my biggest fan. We loved going hiking, playing catch, and just hanging out together. Now, he was gone forever and I had this huge empty space in my heart and my life.
    For a long time, I was in a really dark place of depression after he died. I missed 30