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Black Cat Energy

Gabrielle Martin Student Contributor, St. Bonaventure University
This article is written by a student writer from the Her Campus at SBU chapter and does not reflect the views of Her Campus.

With it being the week of Valentine’s Day I thought it would be a perfect time to write about the energy that I give off even in my romantic life. Black Cat Energy was something I started giving off within the last couple of months or so. For those of you who don’t know this is where a person is very independent, mysterious, and more reserved. I never used to be this way. If I told myself a year ago that this was the energy I was giving off it would be laughable. But well here we are.

Starting in about October or November is when this mindset shift happened for me. As I have matured emotionally I have become more reserved and private about my life. I did not feel the need to tell the people in my life every single thing I had going on for me. I wanted to be more mysterious in my day-to-day life and keep to myself. Not because I am a very secretive person but more because moving in silence is my new normal.

However, when it comes to my love life this is hit or miss. Although I am secretive about some parts of it, my lover-girl side will always come out once in a while. I love being able to care about someone and show people how much they mean to me. This is sometimes a difficult mixture of keeping to myself but also wanting to show someone how much they mean to me. I have started to master the balance of this though. During the daytime, I keep to myself but I also can prioritize the people I care about.

I do this typically through my love language which is gift-giving. I love to show people how much they mean to me by giving them gifts that remind me of them. I learned this from my dad growing up. He would always see items in stores that reminded him of me and he would purchase them as a gift for me. It shows how someone cares and listens to you on the day-to-day. The thing about gift-giving to show people you care about them is that I can still show someone I care about them while still being able to stay a reserved person.

Although showing affection and giving black cat energy do not fully align, I have found a way for them to align in my life. I have to keep a balance between them to not lose myself and to also make other people happy. I know things might be easier for me if I was not this way. But I learn to deal with it and work around my black cat energy.

Gabby Martin is a junior writer for HerCampus. This is her third year writing for this organization. She writes about her emotions and current life situations while also talking about mental wellbeing and self care.

Outside of HerCampus she is an Educational Studies major. She also participates in the BEA and Psychology Club. Her last two years writing for HerCampus brought her so much happiness that she cannot wait to embark on another amazing year with this chapter.

She is from Caledonia, New York which is about 30 minutes outside of Rochester. In her free time she's love to spend time with her friends going out to eat or going on walks. She love reality tv shows as well as cheesy romantic comedies. Her favorite food is bagels and she drinks a coffee every single morning when she wakes up. Her main goal in life is to have an imprint on someone's life or have a positive influence on the choices they make in life. She's a girl who definitely makes a ton of mistakes and tries to help others not make the same ones.