Oh, Hell

     What is hell? Hell (to me) has always been just an idea. An illusion, almost...something to get people scared. However, there are punishments for horrible actions. To me, hell is in a way a part of karma. I believe in reincarnation, so if you were a bad person in this life, you're surely not going to become a beautiful butterfly in your next life. That's not to say I don't believe in second chances, because I do. I've come to a conclusion with myself that everybody, no matter what their sin or crime, should always get a second chance. Of course they must be punished, but anybody can change for the better if you believe in them.
     To get into my "hell", there is a wide array of things you might have done. The idiotic celebrities who couldn't care less about anybody "beneath them", the "mean girls" at school, and in general anybody with an overabundance of arrogance are all going to hell. Next, drug junkies thieves, and people of that nature are going to be paying a visit to hell as well. Lastly, and quite obviously, killers and rapists will most likely be tortured by my merciless and symbolic hell. There are always cases where a human is killed, but the killer is not necessarily a killer, and exceptions will be made.
     In my opinion, the punishment should always fit the crime. I think somebody should always be able to redeem themselves. But of course there needs to be a punishment. For the arrogant bullies of society, their punishments will go something along the lines of living in their victim's shoes. Every minute, every second that they made somebody else suffer, they will be forced to experience the same thing. For the hard drug addicts, they will be forced to see what it's like to experience such intense and horrible withdrawals that they'll wish they had gotten some form of help sooner. Lastly, the killers and rapists of the innocent will be haunted so fiercely of their victims, and they will be forced to experience the pain and torture they dealt out themselves. As a believer in reincarnation, their next life on Earth won't be a pleasant one, but they will have learned from their horrendous mistakes.
     My particular hell is not so much of a visual image as it is a mental image. Imagine a demon assigned to every soul who somehow wound up in hell. Each demon has the duty of making sure the soul has served its punishment, never, ever resting. Hell isn't a black pit, but this dizzying craze of some kind of warped universe in your mind, all happening the second you die. It all ends the second you die, too, so you can move on with the process of reincarnation (however that may work). Time works differently in hell; it doesn't matter how long it seems for you to complete your punishment because it could be eternity or a day and in reality it would all be over in a second flat.
     If "escaping hell" meant being able to move on some time, then yes, it would be possible to escape my hell. However, like stated before, you would have to serve your entire punishment, and depending on your crime/sin you might be paying for much longer than that. To me, there wouldn't be any discrimination because of what you did, what would truly matter is if you completely understood your faults and learned from them.

     My hell takes place inside of you. It would be best symbolized by mirrors because the whole point of experiencing and suffering through hell is to make you realize who you truly are and what you've done that you mustn't ever do again. It's difficult to escape your own reflection, and these mirrors reflect your personality and your faults. This is what makes hell so horrible; you're there because of you. You're stuck because of what you did.
    There is an overabundance of people who would be in my hell because of how regular you see the crimes committed. Some examples of (maybe unrealistic, but again, examples) Regina George from the movie Mean Girls, Lindsey Lohan, and Al Capone. There is no certain list, of course, because hell is for punishment, and those who deserve punishing will be punished.