There was this time I had to come back from Nigeria by myself while recovering from malaria, mid-flare.

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I was hallucinating on the plane too. When I closed my eyes I could see this spinning colorful tunnel.
So I thought I was dying and could only think, "my mama will mad as hell if I die in the air somewhere."
I kept it together until I got home. I started seeing things with my eyes open. 2D silhouettes of dancing cartoons on one wall.

A letter carved in cursive on another.
I& #39;d stayed on the home with a friend when I realized the hallucinations weren& #39;t going away.
She told me to be calm, it wasn& #39;t as if I was seeing snakes.

At which time an object I know to be a belt coiled and made a rattle snake sound.
My brother was home but I wasn& #39;t sure anything after my outward hallucinations had begun were there for sure.
By now I& #39;d

been up for three days,
had maybe one meal,
was recovering from malaria,
jetlagged,
and was in the kind of pain that makes them give up and shoot horses.

I told my friend that since she was real she should send the paramedics to my house.
What if the police came?
Would I be dead? If the police had come instead?
When the paramedics some I didn& #39;t go with them. My train was that I didn& #39;t believe they were there, so what did that mean if I went with them.

I wasn& #39;t behaving erratically, my vitals were fine

I could prove I lived there though they didn& #39;t ask. They left.
But what if the police came?

And what if I didn& #39;t want to be carted off by a potential figment of my imagination.

And resisted.
I don& #39;t even know that there ARE emergency professionals equal to the case of peacefully bringing a resolution that would prioritze my agency.

But I know they wouldn& #39;t have shot me deAd.
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