Once Upon a Tryst
It would be better if I didn’t let myself fall too hard.
I stumble downstairs, my legs unsteady. I only remember the edges of my nightmare, bits and pieces, the smallest flashes. Mostly I remember the emotions. Fear. A great deal of fear.
I started having nightmares when I was 13. I don’t remember my dreams much before that moment, only that around that time I started waking up nightly screaming and sweating, unable to tell up from down. My mom took me to a series of different psychologists. Some told me it was “all in my head.” Others claimed I might have a nervous condition brought on by the death of my father 5 years before. All I know is that every night in my dreams I’d die. Sometimes
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