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Terror Cultivated In The Feeble Mind

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By Hassan kibriaPublished 2 years ago 3 min read
Terror Cultivated In The Feeble Mind
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In Sweden, it's midday, dark, and breezy with a high degree of humidity. You should aim to stroll outside for 40–50 minutes each day as being inside all day will negatively impact your quality of sleep at night.

Compared to winter, there are less people here. The streets are always empty of people. I'm taking a stroll through Haga Park's forest today. Suddenly I noticed a grave, where a young nurse had been buried a century before. The forest road is completely black and devoid of light.

I'm moving quickly when I feel a presence behind me. I can really hear his footsteps, I swear. I see nobody when I look back. Stepping outside, the sound of massive winter shoes is exactly the same. It scares me so much. There is yet more travel on this route.

The mind began to process all of the fear-based ideas. In my imagination, I also began to see the ghost's face. Okay, so Swedish ghosts are white and dress white, but nonetheless, ghosts are ghosts. It's dark and going to be really cold today, who knows what will happen!

Out of nowhere, I heard an odd noise coming from the side. The legs have given up, worn out with terror. I carefully removed the phone from my pocket, reasoning that if I continued to talk to someone, the anxiety would subside and the time would pass. But, oma, the phone was frozen in the bitter cold. Dead battery and strange noises everywhere I look.

Though I can't see anything, I'm positive that someone is moving around me. The body began to tremble from the cold, then the sound caused terror to set in.

Abruptly, he lifted the jacket's hood over his head, and the sound died. Why is there no sound at the moment? I found the light and my tranquility as soon as the forest trail came to an end. I now know why there was that sound. My jacket has a very thin hood that is meant to block out the rain rather than to provide warmth. The wind was blowing my jacket hood back as I walked into the forest, creating all kinds of noises that I could not help but identify with the wind.

Many frightening and humorous stories were recounted to me by teachers when I was a child. Afterwards, back in the village, he dozed off deeply in the dark. The sound of activity from the adjacent room would wake him up just now. Who's that noise coming from? No one's in the room next door. Cooling off was happening gradually. Always keep in mind that only people are capable of doing this work. Something not tangible?

Due to this fear, I was up for the entire night. tiredness in the eyes that results from not getting enough sleep. This has an impact on the body—not just one night, but possibly several sleepless nights in a row. You don't have to be at home alone to encounter this circumstance. Some days the fear of such ghosts worked, even if there was another person living there.

The quietness of the room and the night's darkness both contribute to the eerie feeling. Since everyone appears to be asleep, where is the sound originating from? I've cowered many times at the mere mention of ghosts out of dread. When will the rest of the night go by, I thought as I tightly closed my eyes. As a child, I lived with this kind of fear all the time.

Childhood is a critical time in life, especially for those between the ages of 4 and 10. A lot of things that happen during this time have an effect on adulthood. Now, whatever is observed, heard, or known clings to existence like a vine. Despite the numerous stories I've heard about ghosts, I have never personally seen any. I began to fear them in my imagination after hearing the story, and I never got over it.

One might easily instill others with such fear. Thus, even easily swayed family members may come to dread ghosts as much as us. Hence, it is advisable to avoid listening to ghost stories right before bed. One feels afraid when watching a horror movie or TV series.

It is best not to display such items if you have a ghost-related fear. Mostly because ghosts are unreal. There is nothing more than a terror cultivated in the feeble mind from childhood tales that haunts me in the Swedish woodland!

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Hassan kibria

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