Personal Narrative: I M Not Insane

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I'm not insane I tell you! It isn’t my fault. It isn’t my fault! I didn’t do any of this. Do you think it was me? I’m not that insane- I had nothing to do with this. I have lost control of myself, I can’t concentrate. It is taking over my body .As I am standing over the dead body in the cellar everything seems to be closing in on me. I-I can’t breath...what is happening. My heart is pounding rapidly, and I feel like I might explode at any second. This will not stop me, but this, this has only made me stronger–- my senses stronger. My eyes more vigilant, my hearing more powerful I can hear up above and down below.
Listen! Hera me out, and I will tell you how it happened. You will hear how my mind is. The Idea first entered my head. I didn’t

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