"I guess I should explain what's been happening. Lately. With me. I haven't been sleeping well. Months now, maybe two months. I wake up at weird hours and I can't settle back down. My brain just... won't stop. I check things. The locks. The windows. Sometimes multiple times a night. I know it's irrational. I know the door is locked. I just checked it. But then I'm back in bed and I think, 'Did I actually check? Did the lock catch properly?' So I get up and check again. I used to write every day. Now I sit at my desk and the words won't come. I stare at blank pages and nothing happens. That's never happened to me before. Writing was the one thing that always worked. I feel watched. I know that sounds insane. I don't have proof of anything. But I'll be walking to the store or sitting in our living room and I just... feel eyes on me. I catch myself scanning the street. Noticing cars that seem familiar. It's probably nothing. That's what I keep telling myself. I don't want to worry you. You have your own stuff going on. I keep thinking I should just handle it. Handle whatever this is. But I'm tired. Really tired. Sometimes I don't know what's real anymore. Am I actually seeing patterns that aren't there? Is this just stress? Am I losing it? That's where my head's been lately."