From The First “Affected”
August 30th, 2023:
I had a nightmare last night that I was walking down the street and someone stepped out of an alleyway just as I passed so we ran into each other. In the dream, they went to help me up but instead held me down and put a gas mask over my face. I remeber being scared so well that I almost thought it was real. Vivid dreams are so crazy. But the dream is fading now, so I should probably finish getting ready for school.
September 14th, 2023:
I have been struggling with remembering things lately. It’s been out of sight out of mind for me and it’s making people pretty mad at me. My mom keeps getting mad at me because I forget to do my jobs and I’ve been leaving stuff around the house. I think I left my pencil at school. I also lost my soda at Walmart the other day because I think I put it down and walked away. I’m honestly exhausted.
December 3rd, 2023:
I know that there is something that I’m supposed to do but I can’t rember what it is. It’s driving me crazy because all I can remeber is that it’s urgent. Mom is getting more used to my forgetfulness but my grades are going down to A-‘s because I can’t remeber a lot of the stuff that we covered. Pretty sure my teachers are just going to slap me one of these days for not paying attention. I NEED TO GET PRESENTS! Crap! I remeber now!
March 23rd, 2024:
Last I remember, it was March 8th. Now, suddenly it’s March 23rd. I have so much to do in April that my stomachs hurts. Any yet, I can’t remember what it is I have to do. I know that there are ACT’s and that stresses me out more. I don’t want to take them, I’m not ready. And yet, I’m not preparing or anything. I need to clean my room.
April 5th, 2023:
I am forgetting. I can feel it. It takes e̸v̸e̸r̸y̸t̸h̸i̸n̸g̸ i̸ h̸a̸v̸e̸ so so long to remember comonthings. I I forget how things are s p e l l e d. I don’t recognizemyself. Where am I? Even as I rite this, I k̸can feel mi̸yself forgettt̸ing. Wi̸ wh Y. Isthis hap hapening? My life is being ᔕTOᒪᗴᑎ £rðm mê. 工 卂爪 丂ㄖ 丂匚卂尺乇ᗪ. เ ςค2Շ Ŧ๏гງєՇ. ī̶̧͙͖̲̘ c̷̡̪̘͎̻̦̀͑̒̈̂̿̑̓̚͜͝â̸̠̋n̸͉̠̘̲̼̼̩͗͒̕͝͝ţ̸̛̞̒̑̌́̄̽̀͝ f̴̧̭͓̘̱̖̯͋̇͒̀́ō̵̝̭͙̊r̵̨͇̰̭̜̈́͑ḡ̴̛͓̬͒̓̉̉̐́͘̕͜è̷̛̗̳͚̙͇̘͍͕̊̑̿͘͜ţ̸̛̞̒̑̌́̄̽̀͝. H⃘⃘o⃘⃘l⃘⃘d⃘⃘ o⃘⃘n⃘⃘ t⃘⃘o⃘⃘ m⃘⃘y⃘⃘ ᴍᴇᴍᴏʀɪᴇs.