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Panic

by nese

Published October 29, 2026

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In Short stories

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It's, the world is closing in on me.

I need to slow down, I need to relax.

Control your breathing. Just like she told you to.

I can't breathe!

I have to sit down. I have to relax. I have to ...

I'm going to pass out.

I have to get out of here.

As I run out of the room everything feels, red. It's creeping around my vision.

No one has a face, they're just blurs it's...

I can't see anything, nothing's around me but I'm crowded.

Bodies are touching me, I'm bumping into furniture.

I can't see any of them.

I know it will pass.

I need it to end now. Right now.

Please?

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emehendry Comment
emehendry commented Comment · 8h ago

its good but i stress the panic more, like make the reader really like feel what the speaker is experiencing. make it feel urgent and fast past yet at the same time slow.

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Amar commented Comment · 9h ago

I suspect those that have not had a panic attack, whether cumulative or spontaneous, may not relate to this. I have, too many, and the causes life long have been varied. This seems to catch the panic as it unfolds so brings me into the e-motions as they unfold. The plain language to my mind reveals the unfiltered nature of the perception/experience. And interestingly with all the 'junk' going on geo politically, its topical. Good, direct and honest.



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