#76 She's Just Insane

-This is an episode of Kelly

Kelly was as nervous as she could be while standing off to the outside of the bathroom door. The hall light bulb was burned out, so standing in the pitch black hallway at midnight just freaked her out even more than usual. She tried to feel for the light switch on the inside of the bathroom without even looking in to the bathroom. Kelly is still scared of the dark even though she’s grown up to her mid twenties. And living in her apartment, alone, didn’t ease her night time frights. After a few seconds of jitters and deep breaths, the harsh light illuminates the bathroom. The shower curtain is off to the left so she knows that no one is behind the curtain, hiding, waiting to strike her dead. Sure Kelly has a few superstitious quirks she keeps in her house that make her seem like she’s a paranoid little girl, but some fear can turn you insane. And you never know if you’re going to become one of the unlucky victims of random killings from a psychotic murderer.

After using the restroom, she runs back to her warm bed and giant comforter and tucks her feet so no one could get her feet and drag her away in a nightmare. She didn’t think the “Boogey Man” existed but real life crazies could come out of nowhere and that was her real scare. Kelly used to have a night light that glowed through the room but now the soft glow of the TV light has taken its place so her room wouldn’t be pitch dark. Her ears became sensitive and the constant running of a DVD menu screen is the only comfort to drown out the continuing fear of hearing imagined foot steps toward the bedroom. And to add to her insanity of hearing imagined killers coming after her, Kelly keeps her small portable black fan on low to cool her down and drown out any suspicious and scary night time sounds. Just these few habits of Kelly’s fear have caused her insanity to be in constant fear. Every night is the same routine, lights on all the time and a perpetual drum of sounds to calm her paranoia and insanity. Only to wake up and still live in fear of not waking up the next day.