Direct Experiences: A Short Story

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Perhaps I am breaking the rules of this forum, by sharing a story which is not technically a first hand account of my own direct experiences. One thing I am certain of is that I am breaking the laws of doctor/patient confidentiality by sharing this secondary story at all-- which was relayed to me personally in an interview situation with one of my patients. My name is Doctor Simon Kearns. I am a doctor of psychology at Bourkeley institution for mental health in Hexton, Australia. I hope that you don't hold contempt for me, by presuming that I am exploiting my patients case files just for the sake of telling a cheap horror story. I believe there is something genuinely frightening about the beliefs of my patient Melody Piper. I don't

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