Mara Dyer doesn’t think life can get any stranger than waking up in a hospital with no memory of how she got there. She believes there must be more to the accident she can’t remember that killed her friends and left her mysteriously unharmed. After Mara survives…
"All of a sudden, I hear a 'swoosh' and I collapsed on the floor," she told Inside Edition's Lisa Guerrero. "I had no idea what had happened. I just remember being hurtled to the floor, not being able to move because I was in so much shock and so much pain."…
The emergency medical technicians take her blood pressure and shine lights in her eyes, calling her name. She doesn’t respond, appearing dazed and lying there motionless on the couch, her hand no longer trembling with that recognizable palsy. Those thick ubiquitous lenses of her eyes appear distant, a moment in time frozen on them. Almost as if whatever she encountered has bound the image to its surface and into the reaches of her brain.…
she had gotten that no one had known at the time. She has a terrible seizure and dies at the…
And unresponsive she noticed that she had new bruises and asked what had happened to her…
The next morning, Kathy wakes, but when she attempts to get out of bed, she comes crashing to the floor. Because she is still groggy from sleep, she doesn’t really understand what has just happened. As she tries to stand up, the muscles…
He looked over to Mabel’s side of the room, to find her soundly asleep and lightly snoring, clutching a teddy bear. She didn’t have raging insomnia like he did. He shifted back to his previous position of staring at the ceiling.…
The rest of the group passed by unaware, as did Mark, who kept walking without me. Unable to move, I remained in a catatonic state for too long. Until a partially-blind woman with a service dog passed and recognized my quandary. She took my hand. And with a few caring words, she assisted me…
Connie tried to fight the man, anything to get away, but it was a futile attempt as he grabbed her roughly by the arm and forced her down. She heard a ringing in her ears, like the soft hymns of the church, and blinked as she felt the cold, hard ground beneath her.…
"Elena, wake up." The voice echoed, breaking though what seemed to be a barrier, though it still sounded so far away. "Elena" it whispered again and the petite brunette finally stirred in her deep sleep. At first she was unable to assess where it came from; it seemed she was running into a dark and never ending tunnel, attempting to find whoever it was that kept calling her name. However it was of no use, the closer she got, the further away the voice moved. Elena stumbled, her worry and tension rising to a boiling point. Why couldn't she see who was calling her and why did they keep leaving her? She must be dreaming, right? It was the only explanation for what was currently taking place. "ELENA" the voice sounded again, only this time it's…
I make an effort to move my limbs but there’s no use. My heavy eyelids have a hard time opening, I force them open and find myself in a hospital bed wearing one of those dresses I promised myself I’d never wear. My eyes find their way to the side of my bed where my motherly sits, pale skinned, and mouthing my name. Her voice finally registers into my head as it translates from terrified to joyful. My very own nurse rushes in once I’m awake. She tries her…
At the basement, she held the door while her father fixed it. After completing the job he held a cloth on her nose and mouth which was soaked with ether. She fell unconscious. When she woke up she found herself in the basement, the door closed.…
This trauma was something she would have to deal with for a big part of her life. While in her recovery process, she would have to learn how to let go of the fear of someone coming into her room and touching her while she was sleeping; and also learn how to sleep with the door unlocked, and even eventually with it open. The physical pain she would develop in her childhood would last a lifetime, from curling up…
She comes home after work one day and notices that Christina’s bedroom door is closed, after she does not get a response after knocking she opens the door to see Christina laying on the floor unconscious.…
There was a dull pain in his back and it began to spread. It became hard to breathe. He was aware of a parade of shoes moving past his face as though animated with a life of their own. His cheek began to feel numb from the freezing sidewalk He knew he must not lie there.…