The Void

1. Void:
2. completely empty.

   "void spaces surround the tanks"

   synonyms:

   empty, vacant, blank, bare, clear, free, unfilled, unoccupied,uninhabited More

noun

1. 1.

   a completely empty space.

   "the black void of space"

   synonyms:

   vacuum, emptiness, nothingness, nullity, blankness, vacuity; More
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   The beauty of a completely empty space is that it can be filled with anything....even a nightmare. There isn't anything scarier than your own fear. Every scary movie, spooky story and old wives tale is rooted in the vulnerability of the listener. It is one thing to serve your audience a gory, bloody,  creepy or even violent scenario to lose themselves in at your whim.. It takes a truly gifted story teller to take their audience with them on a venture in to the realm of undefined terror.

I have been afraid of the dark my whole life. I always felt like someone or something was in my room with me, watching me, standing in the shadows, waiting for me to finally discover it. Although I know that that probably isn't true, just the thought still gets me. Even now, at 20 years old, I can't fall asleep without some form of light or noise in my room to take my mind off of whatever void I'm trying to fill

 Now, I want you to think about what really scares you. Is it the feeling of being watched? That at any moment something can reach out and touch you and when you turn around, nothing will be there? Or maybe the feeling of knowing that you can never run faster than what you're afraid of?

To me, the mind is one of the scariest things out there because it has the ability to come up with an infinite amount of ideas and possibilities in the best and worst way. So tonight when you're walking to the kitchen for a glass of water, or turning off the light to walk to bed, if you feel someone walking behind you or hovering above you while you're falling asleep, just remember it's only your mind trying to fill a void and it's not real. It's not there. You hope.