In class assignment, Voices in the Dark by Riley Stephens

Can you recall what it was like being a child in the dark? I can. I am aware of the multitudes of darkness; for example, a room lit by moonlight--the shadows making shapes on the walls. Or the worst: pitch black, can't-see-your-hand-in-front-of-your-face darkness. I have bipolar depression with psychotic features, which can give one auditory hallucinations. I am one of those lucky ones! As a child, I told no one because I believed it was my imagination. I would hear people whispering my name, a lady over an intercom (I could not quite make out what she was saying), a ship horn--just to name a few. It wasn't until I reached my young adult years and was still having my hallucinations I realized it very much so not my imagination. I have gotten them under control and I am able to finally SLEEP! 

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