Personal Narrative: My Life As A Roller Coaster

Life is a roller coaster no one lined up to get on. It’s something you never chose, and it’s something you only have two options in: get off, or stay on. There are people who would rather jump off the roller coaster while it’s going full speed than sit the entire ride, and you have to understand that. Some people aren’t built for roller coasters; they’re built for the small kids rides. That’s okay, we all have different options and choices. But one thing we all share is that we have something to fight. Something to fight for. Whether it’s ourselves, or even each other; we battle on. I could tell you about everything, every single hardship I’ve ever dealt with, and every time I thought I couldn’t deal with things anymore. But that would take more than two full pages, I’d have to write a book. I’m not looking to write a book. I could tell you about my downhill battles and my losses, my weaknesses and the times it felt like the world was on my shoulders. When my parents got divorced, I was quite young. I didn’t know how to deal with it, sadness was the root of my anger. My young mind thought that if I could control everyone around me, I could control what they did to me. But I nothing could …show more content…
People will tell you all the time “I was bullied, but no one cares. It’s as if it’s just another thing you have to deal with. As if you could just deal with it. For years after the last words I ever said to them did I hear the things they said. I couldn’t get over the idea that I was worthless, that I would never fit in. They treated me like an animal- and maybe to them I was. It took a toll on my self-esteem, and to this day I can’t believe that I am beautiful, that I ever have a chance to be. Somewhere in the back of my mind they still tell me these things, that I will never amount to anything, I will always be the weird girl in the back of my