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The Babysitter Who Came at Midnight: True or Not?
I was eleven the night I first met her. Or thought I did. My mom had a shift at the hospital, overnight and Dad was still in that unpredictable stage of his grief where he’d disappear for “a drive” and not come back until dawn. So I was alone, officially, even though Mom swore someone would “drop in to check” around midnight. I didn’t know then that what came to the house that night wasn’t someone. It wasn’t... normal.
By Ava Writes Truth7 months ago in Horror
Why I Think Eleven Will Die in Stranger Things Final Season
I have this awful, choking feeling in my chest that I can’t shake. Every time I rewatch Stranger Things, especially those scenes where Eleven looks so fragile, so human despite all her powers, I feel it stronger. Like I already know how it ends. Like I've already grieved it before it happens.
By Ava Writes Truth7 months ago in Geeks
I Got a Message From My Dead Brother on Instagram
It was 2:13 a.m. when my phone buzzed, lighting up the darkness beside my bed. Half-asleep, I reached for it, expecting another spam DM or maybe one of those “are you awake?” texts from someone who shouldn’t matter anymore. But when I saw the name, I stopped breathing.
By Ava Writes Truth7 months ago in Confessions
What If the Titanic Was Sunk on Purpose?
I can’t get the image out of my head, the Titanic, that monstrous ship everyone worships as a tragedy of fate, not a crime. My friend Mark’s obsession with this theory has been haunting me lately, and I swear, it’s like peeling back a layer of a nightmare I never wanted to see.
By Ava Writes Truth7 months ago in Confessions
What It's Really Like to Be in a Psychiatric Hospital at 17
I still remember the way the fluorescent lights buzzed, like they were whispering secrets I wasn’t allowed to hear. I was seventeen and terrified, holding onto a hospital-issue pillow like it could protect me from the truth: I had been admitted to a psychiatric ward.
By Ava Writes Truth7 months ago in Psyche
He Was Just My Uber Driver. Then He Tried to Kidnap Me.
I still get chills when I hear the chime of a car unlocking from the inside. It’s been nearly a year, and yet something as simple as the sound of a car door clicking open can send my heart racing and my palms sweating like I’m right back in that night. The night I thought I might never make it home.
By Ava Writes Truth7 months ago in Confessions
Dating a Married Man Wasn’t the Worst Part
I knew he was married the second I met him. And I didn’t care. That’s the part I hate admitting the most. It wasn’t like I was lied to or tricked or swept off my feet by some master manipulator. I walked into it with my eyes wide open. And maybe something inside me wanted to get burned.
By Ava Writes Truth7 months ago in Humans
I Was Addicted to Painkillers: Here’s What Saved Me
I didn’t realize I had a problem until I woke up one morning and couldn’t move without swallowing three pills first. My hands were shaking, my mouth dry, my brain fogged over like I’d been underwater for days. That’s when I knew. Not when I started lying to my doctor. Not when I faked a back injury for a refill. Not even when I hid a bottle in my bra during a family dinner. No, I realized it only when I couldn’t exist without them.
By Ava Writes Truth7 months ago in Confessions
The Hustle Culture Nearly Killed Me
I don’t remember the exact moment I stopped recognizing myself. Maybe it was the third night in a row I fell asleep in my car with my laptop still glowing on my thighs. Or maybe it was the morning I coughed up blood into a paper napkin, wiped it clean, and just… kept typing. Like a machine. Like a woman possessed.
By Ava Writes Truth7 months ago in Psyche
College Was a Scam, And I’m $60K in Debt to Prove It
I remember the exact moment I realized I’d been scammed. I was hunched over a cracked bathroom sink in my off-campus apartment, staring at a stack of final notice bills: rent, utilities, even a warning from the college itself about unpaid tuition. My hands were shaking. My checking account had $12.74. And I was $60,000 in debt with absolutely no idea how I was going to climb out of it.
By Ava Writes Truth7 months ago in Confessions
