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This article is written by a student writer from the Her Campus at NCAT chapter.

Sometimes I can’t write my feelings because I have none. I lack basic control. When will I learn. When will I learn to feel my fear instead of let my fears feel me like your silhouette.  It’s like it was handcrafted and handmade. It tried to consume me, it portrayed itself as sweet. To me it seems like it was made from the finest chocolate or the most pure sea. If I can stand up here and read, why can’t I shout. Why can’t I be that same little 6 year old the thought she was invincible. Am I transparent like my parents taught me to be? If you can survive a rollercoaster you can survive the surprises of life. It goes around once, it goes around, twice, it goes out there and four times until you finally break free. I wish life was as simple as social media can be, delete, comment, and post. Without all of the slander and trouble behind the scenes. I’m stuck between fighting and figuring. Figuring out my place in this world and fighting for my coins.I look to my past to try to eliminate negativity just so I can stare into my illuminated future. Some say death makes you think twice about what you really want in life, where you’ve been, and where you’re going. I’m packing up my fears and sending them on that rollercoaster to go around and around and around until they disappear.

 

I am Alexis Hooper, President of the North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University chapter of Her Campus.
Hi everyone! I am a sophomore at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University who should be majoring in Weddings, but is actually a Journalism & Mass Communications student with a concentration in Multimedia. Originally I am from Woodbridge, Virginia, which is about 30 minutes south of our nation’s capital. I have lived here all my life, but I’m not afraid to branch out and explore the world. This past summer I studied abroad in Sydney, Australia to engage and immerse myself in Australian culture. The experience was phenomenal and I’m already counting down the days until I can return that beautiful country. Check out my Tumblr, Instagram, Pinterest, and Facebook.