The Truth of an Oxygen Thief Some might wonder what it’s like to be inside another person’s head. Dark secrets, haunting memories, and stories you couldn’t begin to imagine are true. In the story “DIARY OF AN OXYGEN THIEF”, anonymously written, you learn what it’s like to be a heartbreaker and what makes it so easy. This man not only hurt who he loved, but searched out for women and gave years of his time just to see their tears. Although he received pleasure from their emotional trauma, karma will find its way back giving him a new view of life. The man with no name knew how much his seek for joy crushed the ones surrounding him, but didn’t seem to care. The thrill it gave him just to even see a spark of agony in his lovers eye was more fulfilling than any relationship he could ever build. In his own words he describes the love like so, “I allowed you to admire yourself in my eyes. I provided a service… You stored yourself in me.”. This being said, his ways of viewing their love for him was more a feeling of control rather than a sense of company or warmth. …show more content…
These two dominant addictions have been a lead way for his desire for the pain of others. He states that, “I see now that I was in pain and wanted others to feel it, too. This was my way of communicating.”. Even though he had accepted that he had a problem it still took some time to get the strength to give up his what his whole life revolved around. Numerous girls still got caught in his trap when he needed, until he finally met someone who didn’t make him feel an urge to cause her