I always wondered what it would be like in Alema. I knew it would be cold but not this cold. I entered the home I'd be staying in. The apartment was mostly empty save for a few bare minimum furnishings. I didn't know why but I felt a bit of dread, it was my first time on my own afterall.
I ignored the bad feeling and put my bag down. I was only staying here alone for a few weeks, then the rest of my family would be there with me surely.
[[Set up things->Set Things]]
[[Go to sleep -> Sleep]] I take out a few of my things to try and make the place feel just a little bit at home. I pick out my favorite stuffed animal and put it on the floor next to the mattress in the bedroom and sit down on it. I remember that we used to live in Alema, just a long time ago, I don't remember why we left.
[[Go to bed -> Sleep(Stuffed animal)]]I try to just go to bed, after all i have a big day tommorow! But I can't help but feel like something's crawling on my skin. I try to rationalize it, I'm probably just imagining things. But it feels so real, like actual bugs all over me. I quickly open my eyes and check all over my body, but nothing is there. The feeling dissapates. Maybe it was just a hallucination.
I think about seeing a psychologist again as I try to sleep again.
[[Wake up ->Awake]] I settle into my blanket and try to get some sleep. It's really hard, I feel like the stuffed animal is watching me, I put it back in my bag but I still feel like it can sense me through the bag. I try to ignore it, rationalizing it as just paranoia. Was I experiencing mania again? I couldn't be sure.
[[Wake up ->Awake]] When I wake up I feel stiff and frozen in place. I look around and there's people all around me, people without faces, people who whisper about me. i can hear them whispering btu I can't tell what they're saying. I want them gone, but they won't leave and I can't move. I want to cry out I want to scream.
[[Forget ->Start]]