Vent

i cant sleep

I've started developing nightmares and a large fear of the dark, or better said as what's in the dark. Because, who knows what's hiding in that dark corner of your room late at night? You'll never know what lurks under your bed, since it's so messy under there. These are the thoughts that keep me up at night, and I think it's mainly because I've recently lost a very good nightlight I had that basically lit up the entire room and made me feel safe, but ever since it's gone missing everything has gotten far, far worse.

The nightmares I have are somewhat short, and compared to others, quite tame, but that doesn't matter to me. Tame or not, it still makes me stop in my tracks and sends a shiver up my spine when I think about them. Nowhere feels safe to me anymore. The only safe place there is for me is my own bed, and even that isn't completely safe.

The first nightmare was when it all went wrong.

It took place in my grandmas house, and she has a lot of windows and possible places for people to break in, which is one of my worst fears. I was looking through one of the windows, and I kept hearing this tapping noise. I soon realized the sound was

I'm going to sleep.

wish me luck