The cacophony of voices that echoed in my head, each one louder than the last, broke the silence in my apartment. What was real and what was a figment of my imagination were no longer distinguishable. Panic flooded through me, and I could feel my heart racing as I struggled to regain some semblance of control. But the more I fought back, the more my hallucinations gripped me. Thereafter.
In a moment of sheer desperation, I flung open the door and, without a thought for my dignity, ran out into the street completely naked.
I barely felt the cold air hitting me. All I could think about was the overwhelming need to escape the torment that had taken hold of my mind. My own frantic breathing mingled with the shouts of startled onlookers, their faces a blur as I dashed past them, oblivious to the shock I was causing. $1.99 on Kindle.
