BLOOD AND HUMAN MEAT
Phobia from the perspective of a girl named Khushi.Written by a friend who finally decided to tell her story.
I love animals.22Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzr3j7GSjJs
I really do.But I can’t go near them. Not because I’m scared of them—But because I’m scared of me.22Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbIx0ndXTTk
I’ve always had this... space inside me.An emptiness that hums. It feels cold and loud and quiet all at once.I try to ignore it. But sometimes it whispers.22Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4JtXsV2TrO
And sometimes, it screams.
I remember the first time it really happened.One second I was laughing with my younger brother—The next, I was slamming his head into the table.Again.And again.And again.Until he stopped moving.22Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHzKf63t9QU
I didn’t want to.But I couldn’t stop.When it was over, I cried so hard I couldn’t breathe.That was the day I knew: something was wrong with me.
It got worse.I started craving blood. Not in a fantasy way. In a physical way.I imagined tearing into the people I loved.My parents.My friends.Alive.22Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVXcueXdeJK
Their skin. Their smell. Their muscles pulling away from bone.22Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuJ2iETvkyv
I stopped eating. I stopped sleeping. I stopped touching anyone.To keep them safe, I hurt myself.Scratched my skin raw.Bruised my own body with blunt objects.I counted 110 scars across my legs, my arms, my torso—like tally marks in a prison I built myself.22Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwSOz7lTvnJ
I didn’t want to die.I wanted to be caged.
For one year, I rotted quietly.22Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4p3rQDz2Cl
Then one night, I caught myself watching my father with a hunger in my eyes that terrified me.22Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMSlzDbLK4B
I left home the next day.
I moved into a PG far from the city.I begged for a single room. Didn’t get it.Luckily, my roommates were never there when I was.It was like the world was giving me space to fall apart.22Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSkir0vFwS7
I tried to die seven times.22Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2E9soOUbwu
Jumped from a balcony.Held a knife to my throat.Grabbed a live wire.Stood in front of speeding cars.I always failed. Some part of me—just a thread—held on.22Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnZ6n2CjgXf
But the cravings didn’t stop.So I bought handcuffs. Three of them.Every night, I locked my wrists and ankles together before bed, just in case.22Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc4ehL0uraE
I didn’t want to become a monster in my sleep.
Six months later, I stood naked in front of a mirror and counted the injuries again.22Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx6uBeSQq9C
There were more now.Too many to hide.Too many to keep living like this.22Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtp6pUaeiLC
So I asked for help.
The psychologist listened. Didn’t flinch.He said my obsession with blood and flesh was a twisted coping mechanism.A need for control.A desperate scream for power in a world where I once felt powerless.22Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkRdQ4nNmeB
He said something inside me had snapped long ago.Something I'd never been taught to name.22Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbEW3c5ZZdK
Now I’ve been in treatment for three months.22Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ5H8cyCc23
Still breathing.Still afraid.22Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeoLZ5EBuo7
Still me.
I don’t know if I’ll ever be "better."I don’t even know what “better” looks like.22Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWVavCwZcQa
But at least now, the monster isn’t hiding.It’s sitting across from me in the mirror.And we’re learning how to live together—without killing anyone.22Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV3uiqoBRcs
Not today.Not again.
[Optional Epilogue: From an Outsider’s Eyes]
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