tw: anxiety + bullying
Hallways.
My worst nightmare.
My social anxiety feels like a battle for me every single day.
"It's just a hallway," I tell myself.
I look around me. Students were shouting, running, slamming lockers, swearing...everywhere.
I notice that my breathing gets shorter and shorter.
"Why am I panicking again? It's just people. I have to calm down...Why is it so hard?"
I freeze all of a sudden. The sounds of people become more like background noise. I hear a ringing sound in my ear.
I can't breathe.
I felt like I wanted to cry.
*** sometime later in a class ***
The panic attack lasted for around a minute.
I feel a cold splash of water hit the side of my face.
What? What is that?
I quickly turn my head to my side.
"Stop!" I shout.
It was him.
"B_tch, what are you doing?" He says.
I walk to get tissues to dry the water off my face. It even got on my glasses.
I walk to the garbage can to throw away the wet tissues.
Once again, I feel cold water being thrown behind me on my hair.
"What's wrong with you?" I muttered, half-crying.
I look at his face to see his reaction.
He just smirked.
