I don't know if this is the right place for this, but I need to put these stories out

there just so people have a record of what's going on here.

In case something ever does happen to me.

I work as a sleep analyst at a special clinic located in a place I don't feel comfortable

enough to disclose.

My job is essentially to watch people whilst they're sleeping and determine the cause

of their insomnia, the sleep apnea, usually run-of-the-mill problems.

Doctors refer their patients to us before they hand them medication.

It's like they have a more thorough idea of their issues.

By and large, my job's okay.

Pays well.

While to do most places in the country, sleep analysts aren't required to watch live footage

of their patients, our clinic requires sleep analysts to do this as part of the policy,

and patients always have to stay overnight for the analysis to be completed correctly.

This would be alright if things didn't get specifically strange around here at night.

When I first started working here, I got assigned a lot of the midnight shifts.

I'm pretty nocturnal, so I didn't mind this at all.

Mostly I used to sit in the observation room and watch the screen.

And when it seemed like the person was in deep sleep, I just listened to their breathing

patterns for changes while reading a book.

When I'd get up to go to the toilet, though, an uneasy feeling would settle in my gut.

It always felt as though someone was watching me, in that long corridor between the observation

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