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The Reflected Ghost
Is It Real Or Just My Imagination?
I don't know when it started, and I don't know if it is real or just my fevered imagination.
I don't know.
I'm not sure.
I keep feeling something behind me when I look in the mirror, sometimes I see something, and sometimes it's just a blurred vision of me.
I'm now a solitary person, almost like a hermit.
I used to socialise but I began to feel less and less welcome when I socialised.
People told me I was liked in private, but when I was out with a group, I felt more and more excluded, so eventually I stopped. I don't think anyone noticed.
Now it's just me and this mirror and this presence.
I look in the mirror and there are sometimes two figures and sometimes one, and all look like ghosts.
I spoke to a doctor about my situation, and he made some suggestions, prescribed some medication and referred me to a specialist.
I feel that I am fading, but even the specialists and former friends just tell me to stop messing and get myself sorted.
I look in the mirror and realise that I am becoming a ghost.
The specialist said that a place has been prepared for me, a place without mirrors.
My friends when they phone me, tell me it will be good for me, and they will come and see me.
I know they won't but I can't say anything.
They are here.
I will be taken to another place, and will completely disappear.
I will become a ghost, a distant reflection in a black mirror.
Comments (1)
But sometimes, that's how I used to feel whenever I keep getting excluded or not prioritized by people that I prioritize. Loved your story!