I am a 20 yr old female and I'm afraid of shadows, so afraid that I never look down while walking in deadly light surroundings. I can't even stand my own shadow. Weird right?.But I wasn't always like this.

I work in a restaurant and my shift generally runs from 6 am to 4 pm. It is a happy job and a not so good pay sale. Now I get a lot of anxiety attacks because I've been suffering from depression and poor mental health for a long time and I somewhat managed to overcome these issues with a lot of mental health and exercises that help me cope with life. I often set off for long drives to calm my nerves after a tough day at work .

It started with a simple drive with my friend, my boyfriend or sometimes a family member. We'd buy drinks of some sort and drive down the road beside the beach in my town. 

One Late afternoon I got out of work and decided to go for a drive.I called everyone I knew but no one was available to come with me,so I went on my own. I was battling with a panic attack I got after getter screamed at by a rude customer. I bought some drinks and started to drive to a less traveled route, I thought halfway that my mind would mellow down so I was chugging the juice too fast,10 mins latter I got the urge to pee.I tried to hold longer but I was on the verge of losing control so I had to pull over by a small park. The car park's one way opened towards the sea and the other way led to the thin cluster of palm trees scattered . By this point it was dark out and the only lights provided were those pathetic street lights that barely do much.Half of them were twitching and the rest of them were broken.The trees were moving with the wind and I went behind one of them to relieve myself.I was doing my business when I heard a noise behind me.I looked back and saw a moving shadow of some sort behind the tree that was closest to me.it was bobbing down and then up, repeating this before moving slowly to the next tree doing the same.My car was at some distance and the shadow was getting closer each second.I was watching like a timid rabbit ,it slowly start to walk back to my car when the street lights hit the shadow,I noticed some kind of skeletal figure,"oh my….is that a ghost?",first thought that came into my mind but the shadow slowly peeked behind the third tree and it was an old man he had 3-4 hair on his massive wrinkly head, creepy wide eyes, his body wasn't in complete control so he kept twitching every second.I saw only his upper body,he had dirty bony fingers.He watched me and I watched him,we both weren't blinking as he let out a smile.it was the worst smile anyone's ever given me.Most of his teeth were gone, the rest were dirty and rotten.The wind was so heavy that it brought the man's foul otter to my nose, he smelled like a goat, A goat from Satan's firm.My brain took time to function under stress so eventually I broke free from my frozen state and ran to my car while I closed my car door. I found the man still, smiling at me,I could hear his low chuckle like he was enjoying seeing me freaked out.

The fact that he didn't chase me messed with my head even more.You wanna know why? I figured out he was there watching me do my business and I'm sure he had his eyes on me the whole time. I believe that scared the hell out of me and I surely haven't gone for a drive on my own ever since .