Personal Narrative: My Hallucinations

When people hear about manic episodes, they instantly perceive it as being mad. The truth is, I did feel mad. Growing up I had to struggle with horrid factors that I did not understand at the time. The main factor that made it the most difficult were the hallucinations. My hallucinations terrified me. They involved hearing voices that were not my own, seeing figures, and constantly feeling as if there was someone after me. I never knew how to silence it all until recently, but before that, I was trapped in the one place I could never escape, my mind. It did not take long until I realized my mind was my own personal hell. This caused me to be up for days on end. They were anchored with me, making sleep seem impossible. There were times I found