i need a new user pic that ones outdated by like 4 yrs
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during my sophomore year of highschool, i thought i'd been attacked by the devil.
I was lying down in bed waiting to fall asleep, when suddenly i couldn't move my body, not even my lips.
my stomach felt like it was being pushed 3 times, and i heard 3 screams into my ear.
when i was released from my frozen state i thought the devil had come to me, so i immediately pulled my covers over my head, stuck my hand out, fumbling for my phone, and called my mom to come into my room.
recently i found out it wasn't the devil, but a condition called sleep paralysis. basically, my body fell asleep, but my brain was still wide awake.
asleep and awake, dreaming and alert all at the same time. nothing harmful, totally normal.
you don't know how pissed i was to find this out because previously, i'd though that i was come kind of "chosen one" of the devil. it was an honor i'd held in high regards.
i thought that it made me a little more interesting. it allowed me to believe that there is more to this world than what science tells us about life and death.
is here anything sadder than the death of someone you love?
i knew a death was coming around the corner. i've been crying every other night imagining people i love dying.
you see, to me death is death and nothing else. you die like how a plant dies.
we're all made from the same things. when during the 40 billion years of the world's existence did any group of living things attain a soul that would have its own afterlife?
what, do carrots have souls once they're pulled from the ground, shriveled until they disappear?
I'm just bitter that this happened. So many deaths this year, and it's only going to get worse as we come to know more and more people.
you will die. doesn't that scare you?
people always say they're not afraid of death. i'm scared shitless.
to be that carrot. a blade of grass. spoiled milk.
whatever.
i'll stop now. it's just sad when people's diseases take control of their minds, blinding them from hope and time.