Nightmare

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I lay curled up on my bed, my breaths coming in short, shallow gasps

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I lay curled up on my bed, my breaths coming in short, shallow gasps. The room felt like it was closing in on me, the walls pressing against my chest, suffocating me. My heart hammered against my ribcage, a relentless rhythm of panic. I clutched at my chest, trying to calm the storm raging within me, but it was as if my body had betrayed me, refusing to obey my desperate please for peace.

Memories from the past flooded my mind, unwelcome guests crashing through the barricades I had built to keep them at bay. Each image, each sound, each sensation was a fresh wound, reopening with agonizing clarity. The pain was raw, unyielding, as if the events were unfolding before me once again, their echoes reverberating through the very core of my being.

I tried to push the memories away, to banish them to the recesses of my mind where they belonged, but they clung to me like shadows, dark and unrelenting. The weight of my past bore down on me, crushing my spirit beneath its unbearable burden. I felt small, insignificant, a mere speck in the vast expanse of the universe, powerless against the forces that threatened to consume me.

My hands trembled as I reached for the bottle of medication that lay on my bedside table, my lifeline in moments of crisis such as these. But my fingers closed around empty air, the bottle nowhere to be found. Panic surged through my veins like wildfire, engulfing me in its all-consuming flames. I searched frantically, tearing through drawers and closets in a desperate bid to find my salvation, but it was futile. The medication remained elusive, taunting me with its absence.

With each passing moment, the panic intensified, a relentless onslaught that left me gasping for air. My vision blurred, the world around me fading into a blur of indistinct shapes and colors. I felt as though I were drowning, submerged beneath the weight of my own fear and despair, unable to break free from its suffocating embrace.

But amidst the chaos, amidst the storm raging within me, a small voice whispered in the depths of my soul. It was a voice of strength, of resilience, reminding me of the battles I had fought and conquered in the past. It was a beacon of hope in the darkness, guiding me through the tempest to calmer shores beyond.

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