The Uninvited Soulmate

I can feel someone always following me. He keeps lingering around my office cubicle, looking for opportunity to get closer to me. Everything's feels different when he is near me. The food suddenly gets tasteless and everyone around me seems like a dead body. Sometimes I am standing at the balcony, enjoying my tea and he will suddenly come and try to push me off. He follows me everywhere, even in the restrooms.

I stare at the walls for hours, lost in infinity, feeling nothing but emptiness. Earlier he just used to watch me, without interfering with my life. But lately, he has become a filter in my life, filtering away all the happiness. I tried to run away from him, but somehow he manages to follow me like my shadow. I finish my work, go home and suddenly I cannot see him. I feel so relieved after running away from him the entire day. I lay on the bed and close by eyes to fall in deep slumber after a long tiring day.

Just when I feel I am at peace, he crawls out from under my bed, puts his hands around my neck and starts choking me. I try to fight but just cannot moves myself. His weight starts to crush me and I start feeling breathless. Just when I am about to die, the morning arrives and he leaves. I get ready and go to work, just like any other day with a big smile on my face. But I feel someone always following me ...

People call him anxiety.