Personal Narrative: Hallucinations

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“Save it for someone who believes you” said Tara. “I guess no one will believe me” said Joseph. Well if you’re wondering what I’m talking about its this; I have been getting hallucinations and dreams about my late twin brother Jayden. You may think that it is expected but the hallucination has been predicting things that come true in a matter of 24 hours. The predictions can range from small things like test marks but the worst one has been a four-way car accident that killed 3 people and left 5 people with life changing injuries.
Today I hoped that was going to change. I met a death expert who tried to get rid of my problem but Jayden appeared and the expert was traumatised and told me to get out of his clinic. Since that didn’t work, I

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