The light at the end
of the tunnel
At a very young age, I ran away from
home with my boyfriend because I
couldn’t handle the problems at
home. My boyfriend and I lived
together but I wasn’t as happy as
I thought I should be. He would
always leave me by myself at night.
He would cheat on me with other
women. I felt lonely and despised.
I started to have sleepless nights
that led to insomnia. Nightmares
would haunt me. At the same time, I
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developed a disease from witchcraft.
The doctors were surprised at how
fast the illness had progressed. I
became blind and my eyes came
out of their sockets. I couldn’t close
them when I sleep. It was very hard
for me to look at the mirror because
I was scared of how I looked. My
world went upside down. The desire
to die started to crawl inside of me. It
was an endless ride in a dark tunnel.
There’s no light at the end of it. It got
worse and I began hearing voices
and the feeling that somebody was
touching me during the night.
“ I was
scared of
myself...”