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I suffer from very frequent nightmares and they sometimes cause panic attacks so i sometimes sleep with my baby blanket (which was my favorite when I was young) because it calms me down..

I'm afraid somebody would judge me for it.

Jerry is 20 years old. A high school dropout, and homeless. As a child he experienced abuse from his step dad in everyway possible. His step dad would also abuse him in the dark, which caused Jerry to get a head concussion. On his first day of being homeless, Jerry went to the food bank for a bite to eat. Then he spent the rest of his day volunteering at a animal shelter. Then he had to leave and it was getting dark. Jerry was terrified. He ran into a store and refused to leave, when they made him leave Jerry started screaming and saying that he was dying and couldn't control his breathing. He was rushed to the ER and it turned out he had a panic attack. Jerry started crying, then in an attempt to stop sobbing he started to talk to himself and didn't notice the nurse standing there watching him.