I open my eyes and only see blurry movements and light. Suddenly, I’m aware I must’ve been sleeping, and realize I can’t hear anything but a faint and low buzz.
An anguish stirs up inside me and I try but struggle to bring my hands up to my face; to my eyelids. Something is pulling them down, and with great resistance I give up and let them sag.
I can’t remember what I was doing or how I got here, or what even here and now might be. Something feels very off.
It definitely feels like there are people around me but I can’t understand what they’re doing or if they even notice I’m awake.
I realize I can’t talk. I can’t move my mouth!
I close my eyes for a few seconds, try to calm down and open them again. Nothing. I feel my heart pounding, the veins in my forehead.
Somehow, my vision is worsening.
My consciousness… it's… fading…