I became emotional repressed, shut myself out from the world, and probably development mental disorders. 
  
In hindsight it probably wasn't the best way to go. 
  
  
I had a friend say I was pretty much "comatose" through the entire school year (it was Grade 8, and my brother was killed in a motorcycle accident).  Perhaps not coincidentally, I started to take an interest in sports, and had an intensity that few could match (even if I didn't have the talent) on the basketball court.