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One, two, three, four... The dream shakes you down to your core. Eyes open, breath in breath out, jerky. Panic attack, heart thumping, sweaty. Reach out .. bottle, pills, water. Feel the lorazepam flying through your veins. It’s not the same, no not the same... It takes a few minutes for the calming effect to convince me it was just a nightmare. The same dream I’ve had for two years. It visits me regularly like an old friend, but not friendly. I try to sleep, cloak myself with the dark of night that blankets me like a layer of comfort, a soothing. I exhale, feel my breath rush out, relieving my fright. I imagine a creak on the stair, was it real ? Panic rises again. I’m alone. He’s here ! If it weren’t for the drugs, I'd scream until the windows shattered. Wait...it's just the cat.
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Feb 8, 2019
Feb 8, 2019 at 9:54 AM UTC
Panic Attack
One, two, three, four... The dream shakes you down to your core. Eyes open, breath in breath out, jerky. Panic attack, heart thumping, sweaty. Reach out .. bottle, pills, water. Feel the lorazepam flying through your veins. It’s not the same, no not the same... It takes a few minutes for the calming effect to convince me it was just a nightmare. The same dream I’ve had for two years. It visits me regularly like an old friend, but not friendly. I try to sleep, cloak myself with the dark of night that blankets me like a layer of comfort, a soothing. I exhale, feel my breath rush out, relieving my fright. I imagine a creak on the stair, was it real ? Panic rises again. I’m alone. He’s here ! If it weren’t for the drugs, I'd scream until the windows shattered. Wait...it's just the cat.
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M/Seattle
Feb 8, 2019
Feb 8, 2019 at 9:54 AM UTC
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