I could be taking out some rubbish to the bins outside at night or putting my bike away into the shed.

at first it’ll feel normal and I’ll just be doing it how I usually would during the day,

but after a while, I’ll stop what I’m doing, mostly before I’m done and then I’ll find myself sprinting back to the house not just out of fear but I’ll feel that somebody or something is chasing me.

i find that I’m turning the light off and slamming the door behind me but then act completely normal after.

unless..

I’m downstairs in the middle of the night, even with the lights on, I won’t think about it much

unless I think

then I feel like something is going to grab my ankles or is watching me through the sliding door,

the same when I’m on the trampoline at night, I can sometimes hear screams and think that it’ll come for me next.