Lost in the Darkness

I actually witnessed my best friend's personality completely shift during our camping trip last

year. One minute she was laughing around the campfire, the next her eyes

went cold and distant. She stood up without a word and just walked into the darkness.

We found her an hour later sitting by the lake, completely unaware of what happened.

She had no memory of leaving. The doctors later explained it was a dissociative episode

triggered by stress. But in that moment, watching her walk away like a stranger, it felt like I lost

the person I knew.