Tag: fear

Short Story: About anything

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The village of Willow Creek was in fear. For weeks, a large wolf had been attacking people at night. The wolf would always leave the bodies of its victims in the forest, and the villagers were terrified.

The villagers tried to hunt the wolf, but no one had ever been able to find it. The wolf was always too fast and too clever. The villagers were starting to lose hope.

One day, a young huntsman named Eric came to the village. Eric was known for his skills with a sword and a bow, and he was determined to kill the wolf.

Eric set out into the forest, and he soon found the wolf’s tracks. Eric followed the tracks for hours, and eventually, he came to a clearing. In the middle of the clearing was the wolf.

The wolf was huge, and it had sharp teeth and claws. Eric knew that this would be a difficult fight, but he was determined to win.

Eric drew his sword and his flame torch, and he charged at the wolf. The wolf roared and attacked, but Eric was ready for it. He swung his sword and hit the wolf in the chest. The wolf yelped in pain, but it didn’t back down.

The wolf and Eric fought for hours, and neither one of them was able to gain an advantage. Finally, Eric saw an opening, and he drove his sword through the wolf’s head. The wolf fell to the ground, dead.

Eric had killed the wolf, and the villagers were overjoyed. They celebrated Eric’s victory, and they were finally able to sleep soundly at night.

The villagers were so grateful to Eric that they made him the new leader of the village. Eric ruled wisely and justly, and the village of Willow Creek prospered under his leadership.

Short Story: About Abandonment

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The little girl sat on the curb, her suitcase next to her. She had been waiting for hours, but her parents hadn’t come.

She didn’t know why they had left her. She had been a good girl, she had done everything they had asked of her. But it hadn’t been enough.

She was scared. She didn’t know where she was going to go or what she was going to do. She just knew that she was all alone.

She started to cry. She cried for her parents, she cried for herself, and she cried for the future that she didn’t know if she would have.

A woman walking by saw the little girl crying and stopped. “What’s wrong?” she asked.

The little girl told her the story, and the woman listened. When the little girl was finished, the woman said, “Don’t worry, sweet heart. I’ll help you.”

The woman took the little girl to her house and gave her a place to stay. She helped the little girl find a new school and make new friends. And she helped the little girl heal from the pain of abandonment.

The little girl never forgot the woman who helped her. She knew that she would never have been able to get through that time without her.

Short Story: About Love

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The young couple was walking hand-in-hand through the park. They were laughing and talking, and they seemed to be very much in love.

Suddenly, the woman stopped and looked up at the sky. “What’s that?” she asked.

The man looked up and saw a dark figure hovering in the air above them. “I don’t know,” he said. “But it doesn’t look good.”

The figure started to descend towards them, and the couple could see that it was a large, black bird. The bird’s eyes were red, and it had sharp claws and teeth.

The couple tried to run, but the bird was too fast. It swooped down and grabbed the woman in its claws. The man tried to fight off the bird, but it was too strong.

The bird flew away with the woman, and the man was left standing there, alone and terrified.

He didn’t know what had happened, but he knew that he would never forget the look in the bird’s eyes.

Short Story: Loneliness

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The house was dark and silent. The only sound was the ticking of the clock in the hallway.

The man sat in his living room, alone. He had been alone for a long time, and he was starting to get used to it.

But tonight, he felt different. Tonight, he felt the loneliness creeping in.

He looked around the empty room, and he felt a chill run down his spine. He knew he wasn’t alone.

Something was watching him.

He could feel its eyes on him, even though he couldn’t see it.

He tried to ignore it, but he couldn’t. The feeling of being watched was too strong.

He stood up and started to pace the room. He was scared, but he didn’t know what to do.

He felt like he was going crazy.

He finally couldn’t take it anymore. He ran out of the house and into the night.

He didn’t stop running until he couldn’t run anymore.

He collapsed on the ground, exhausted and scared.

He closed his eyes and wished that he wasn’t alone.

Short Story: About feelings

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I was walking home from school one day when I felt a chill run down my spine. I looked around, but there was no one there. I shrugged it off and kept walking.

A few minutes later, I felt the same chill again. This time, I stopped and looked around more carefully. There was still no one there, but I couldn’t shake the feeling that I was being watched.

I started to walk faster, but the feeling of being watched only got worse. I could hear my heart pounding in my chest, and my palms were sweating. I was so scared that I wanted to run, but I was afraid that if I did, whatever was watching me would chase me.

I finally made it home and ran inside, locking the door behind me. I collapsed on the couch, trying to calm down. I didn’t know what was going on, but I knew that I had never been so scared in my life.

I lay on the couch for a long time, trying to forget about what had happened. Eventually, I fell asleep. But even in my dreams, I could still feel the eyes of the watcher on me.

Mindset

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So for the second time today, I was so tired that I fell asleep in my chair. Gaming chair. Whatever you want call it. It was around 11.30am, and I started this post, I blinked and fell asleep. I wanted to stay up as I need to get a few more posts scheduled on [Busy Bee Tech] but anyway, matters not as I’m awake now.

Over the past week, occupational health has been adding all sorts of things into the house to make getting around easier. They’ve also gotten in touch with the letting agency to ask permission to install a new rail going upstairs as well as a few grab bars in a few places. I now have three walking sticks. Two to move around downstairs and the garden and one for upstairs as I can’t carry one up with me. I have a bath slide thing to help me get into the shower and a couple of other things. They will be coming back every couple of days to start exercising regime to get me back in strength.

Problem. Yes, there is always a problem that comes up. My hip is killing me. Whenever I try and stand up it takes all my strength just to stand up. Literally every muscle in my body is needed. I’ve fallen onto my knees a couple of times but no one saw me, and I’ve had the worst headaches recently. I haven’t banged my head or anything. I’m having issues getting to the bathroom on time which is really embarrassing. I’ve managed to hide most of this from D and the therapists as I don’t know how to tell them that. I also need an oxygen machine as I can’t control my breathing properly. I’ll ask them about this on Monday. In the meantime, a machine, which D kindly bought, will be arriving tomorrow which should help.

I’ll get there, just give me time.

The Tomb

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I think we are at 2 months now with not leaving the house. The doctors have advised me not to drive due to the random blackouts/zoning out. No answers yet on what is causing them. I filled in a form for the Doctors to get a callback, it was accepted and they will call tomorrow. It’s a mixture of things. I get blind headaches which my meds don’t reach. Propranolol, Codiene, ibuprofen, Paracetamol. Nothing. All I can do is rub my head and hope it goes. Right now I have double vision for it.

So back to the point. I want to walk outside when no one else is about as I’m self-conscious of my stick but I’m scared of people outside anyway. Didnt, use to be. Meds do crazy things. So yeah, a simple five-minute walk to the park and back. D’s mum is here helping with the chores. I tried my best yesterday but she has tidied up again. That means I can’t go out or move much as I’ll get shouted at. Plus if I fall then we have an issue. Maybe tomorrow.

The new website is coming along nicely, just need to direct some traffic to it. You can find it here [Busy Bee Tech] it’s just an on-the-side thing to do and keep me busy writing things. Never know, might be useful to someone. Ideas for traffic would be amazing!

Still so very dizzy.

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Expectations

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I’m having some major anxiety issues at the moment. I’m sure my leg shaking can be heard from miles around. It’s on hyperdrive mode at the moment, when it’s not shaking my soul is trying to escape through from my stomach. Soul. Stomach. The demon might be better tbh. I just need to try and take my mind off it for a few minutes to calm it down, I’ve got music on but not loud as the kids are home. Usually, my go-to is my headphones but if I put them on I’m scared the kids will stand behind me and when I turn around they’ll scream or do some scary shit and I’ll freak out. So headphones are a no-go at the moment.

I think the dogs know something is up. Well. Nina does anyway, she keeps coming over and nudging me. Usually, she just sits in the corner staring. Dobby has found himself a sock and is currently chewing it. I tried to play fetch but she wasn’t having non of it and sat down for a good long chew. What do you do if a dog swallows a sock? it’s a big sock. I’m overthinking it.

D came back at 3am from her holiday with S in Greece. Staring at them is so painful it burns my skin. The word lobster comes to mind. Just pure sunburn everywhere! I gave S some cream this morning that D left out for her. She’s not going to school today as it would be torture with her sunburn putting on the uniform. Hopefully, she’ll be fine to go tomorrow. B is still at home as his school has an extra week off. So I’ve been watching him play different games and amused him since I’ve come back, well, since D left for Greece BUT OMG best present ever, 3 counterfeit packets of Pokemon cards to go in my weird and bizarre collection of cards. Just been through them now. They are quite good to play with but they are so golden that it makes it hard to read the writing on the cards. Awesome present.

Today is the 8th anniversary of me and D getting married. Aww. It has actually flown past but it’s a nice reminder to see how long we’ve been together. I do love her and hope we have many more in the future! We agreed to celebrate it later in the month as she’s shattered (amongst other things) and won’t be home till late.

I feel a bit better. Well no. no I don’t. But I did for a few minutes while I was typing it up. Thank you for listening.