Personal Narrative Essay: Waking Up In High School

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Waking suddenly with a cold sweat dripping down the sides of my back. My hair soaked in sweat, sticks to the back of my neck. Reaching for my phone pressing the home button, to only have the bright light blinding me. Focusing my eyes on the time that is spread across the screen, seeing it’s only three a.m. Shuddering in horror, knowing I have to be up in three and a half hours. Lying back down, trying to shake the fear I felt before waking up. Another nightmare that has kept me awake in the middle of the night. The nightmares are always the same; it’s my fear of the first day of school. The nightmares always start off as me waking up for the first day of my junior year. Ending with me being humiliated in that hellhole of a high school. As …show more content…

No one wants to stand beside someone that is hated, when they could be on the side that is loved. I have gained and lost friends since I was in fifth grade, people always choosing the other side, leaving me in the dust. Sitting in class, not talking with anyone, wanting to curl up and cry. Keeping a brave face on the outside, no one notices how I’m fading on the inside. Even though it is hard now and I’m beginning to feel like there is no light shining at the end of the tunnel or there is no hope left in me, I say those words my mom repeated to me everyday, nailing them into self conscious, “Don’t give up, giving up shows them that they have won.” *** My mom has always been there for me, guiding me through the tough times. Letting me lean on her, always being the hero that battles the administration to stop the acts of bullying. Every time I would come home crying, she would know that something just wasn’t right. One day I came home, after going through a rough day of no one talking to me. Instantly she made me a toasted peanut butter and jelly sandwich, sitting down across from me, holding my

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