The Boogeyman

I wrote in my final pyschology paper that I could not write a first-person reflective paper. Instead, I wrote a third-person short story. In the cover letter, explaining, I wrote that talking about it only made it real and that I was not willing to give the boogeyman life again.

While I’m not quite to the point of be ing ready to truly discuss my demons, I’m slowly beginning to realize that sealed lips can also sink ships. Staying silent, internalizing an issue, doesn’t make the boogeyman any less real. He’s always there, lurking in the back of your mind. You are still vulnerable and he can still prey upon yor unsuspecting soul. Talking about the boogeyman may make him seem more real, but at least you aren’t facing him alone. You have a support system to help you face him.

Maybe one day, I’ll be able to say more than “It’s bad.” or “I can’t.”

Hell, at this point, I should probably just put it all on paper. Though then the boogeyman is not only real, but forever immortalized, engraved forever upon the world.