An autistic woman doesn’t have to wait until Halloween to freak herself out due to grappling with existential despair 365 nights a year, it has been reported.
Every evening, Niamh Callaghan, 31, from Manchester, journeys through a real-life horror film – happening in her head.
Callaghan said: “The second I crash onto the pillow, it begins. What am I doing? What’s the point? Do I actually enjoy anything in my life, other than the fleeting joy of Maltesers? Fuck.“
Callaghan later determined that she’d rather be dead, until recalling she might have actually left the oven on – and anxiously got up to check.
“Last night I was convinced somebody had broken into the house,” Callaghan continued. “And I thought, finally! Some company!”
“At this point, I’d gladly be taken by a demon spirit.” Callaghan added. “It might just give me a break.”
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