The Disturbing Reddit Lamp Story - MrBallen
Summary
TLDRIn a chilling narrative, the storyteller recounts a tale of Mitch, a college senior who envisions an entire life with wife Kayla and two children after a head injury. The vivid hallucination includes a dream home and a mysterious, blurry lamp that captivates Mitch's attention, leading to a shocking revelation that his family and life were mere figments of his imagination during a brief period of unconsciousness. The story explores the profound emotional impact of losing a non-existent family and the struggle to cope with such a surreal experience.
Takeaways
- 🏚 The story revolves around a man named Mitch who experiences a vivid hallucination of an entire life in a dream home with a wife and children.
- 💑 Mitch's relationship with Kayla, a girl in his university class, evolves from a crush to a marriage and family life, which later turns out to be a figment of his imagination.
- 👨👩👧👦 Mitch and Kayla's life together is depicted as the 'American Dream' with a white picket fence, two children, and a loving family dynamic.
- 🏈 Mitch's hallucination begins with a blurry, moving lamp that captures his attention while he is watching a football game, leading to a medical emergency.
- 🚑 Mitch is found by his wife in a trance-like state, unresponsive to her and the children, which prompts her to call for medical help.
- 🤯 The hallucination escalates to the point where the lamp grows in size, causing Mitch immense pain and leading to a loss of consciousness.
- 👮 Mitch wakes up to find himself in a completely different reality, with a crowd of college students and a police officer who takes him to the hospital.
- 🏥 It is revealed that Mitch's entire life with his wife and children was a hallucination that occurred in the 10 seconds he was unconscious after hitting his head.
- 💔 Mitch is left to grieve the loss of a family that never existed, which has a profound impact on his emotional well-being.
- 📚 The story was shared on Reddit, where Mitch did an AMA (Ask Me Anything) to discuss his experience and the psychological effects of losing an imagined family.
- 💊 The narrator mentions Fountain Life, a company focused on preventative medicine, offering services like full body scans and genetic testing to promote a longer, healthier life.
Q & A
What is the setting of the story told by the narrator?
-The setting of the story is a spooky house, which the narrator finds fitting for the tale.
Provide a question here
-Provide an answer here
Outlines
😱 A Haunting Tale of Illusion and Reality
The first paragraph introduces a chilling story set in a spooky house, told by a narrator who claims it's one of the best he's ever told. The story revolves around a man named Mitch, who in 2004 was a senior at a Louisiana university and fell in love with a classmate, Kayla. They eventually married, bought a dream home, and had two children by 2009. However, Mitch's life takes a bizarre turn when he notices a lamp in his living room behaving oddly—first appearing blurry, then moving and flipping upside down on its own. Despite his growing concern, Mitch avoids seeking medical help and becomes fixated on the lamp, which leads to a shocking twist.
😨 The Descent into a Lamp-Induced Trance
In the second paragraph, Mitch's obsession with the lamp continues as he spends a sleepless night staring at it, even after his wife and children have gone to bed. The next day, he feigns illness to stay home and continues to watch the lamp, which begins to grow in size, consuming his vision. Eventually, Mitch experiences intense pain, hears screams, and finds himself in a crowd of people, not at his home but in a public place. A police officer rushes him to the hospital, where Mitch learns that his entire life with Kayla and their children was a figment of his imagination, constructed during a brief period of unconsciousness after a football accident. The realization shatters him, leading to a life of grief and coping with the loss of a family that never was.
🏥 The Impact of a False Life on a Man's Reality
The third paragraph delves into the aftermath of Mitch's discovery, highlighting the emotional turmoil he faces as he tries to come to terms with the reality that his family never existed. The narrator mentions that Mitch shared his story on Reddit, attracting significant attention. Despite the public interest, Mitch wishes to distance himself from the story and seeks therapy to deal with the profound loss of a life and family that were only ever in his mind. The paragraph also transitions to a discussion about preventative medicine and the services offered by Fountain Life, emphasizing the importance of health checks and early detection of critical health issues.
Mindmap
Keywords
💡Spooky House
💡Storytelling
💡Twist
💡Dream Home
💡Medical Emergency
💡Blurry Vision
💡Unconscious
💡Fictitious Life
💡Grief
💡Preventative Medicine
💡AMA (Ask Me Anything)
Highlights
The narrator begins with a spooky house setting, setting the tone for a mysterious story.
The story features a man named Mitch who falls in love with a girl named Kayla in Louisiana.
Mitch and Kayla's relationship evolves from a classmate connection to marriage and a family with two children.
A seemingly ordinary day takes a strange turn when Mitch notices a blurry lamp in his living room.
The lamp's peculiar behavior escalates, flipping upside down and growing in size, causing Mitch distress.
Mitch's fixation on the lamp leads to a medical emergency, with his wife Kayla calling for help.
A shocking twist reveals that Mitch's entire life with Kayla and their children was a hallucination.
The reality is that Mitch is a college senior who had a head injury during a football game.
Mitch's brain created a detailed life in the 10 seconds he was unconscious, including a family and home.
The story explores the emotional impact of losing a family that never existed.
Mitch's struggle with the loss is profound, leading to therapy and a Reddit AMA to share his experience.
The narrator reflects on the psychological implications of Mitch's experience and the reality of his loss.
The story concludes with Mitch's ongoing struggle, including dreams of his non-existent son.
The narrator discusses the impact of the story on the audience and Mitch's desire for privacy.
An advertisement for Fountain Life is presented, promoting preventative medicine and health assessments.
The advertisement details the benefits of Fountain Life's comprehensive health snapshot services.
A special offer for listeners is mentioned, providing a discount on Fountain Life's services.
Transcripts
we're in the right place for it which is
a very spooky house yeah have you got a
story that suits the surroundings I do I
do I actually there's a story um that I
think is one of the best ones I've ever
told so I'm setting sting some pretty
high stakes here but uh for reference I
I told this one live last year in Texas
to a soldout crowd at the Paramount
Theater and this story had a a big
reaction to it because the twist at the
end is something else and it's house
themed so uh in 200 4 there was this guy
named Mitch who was going to a
university in Louisiana and he's a
senior and there's this girl in his
class named KLA who's also a senior and
he just loves this girl he he wants to
date her more than anything and you know
he's tried several times to to you know
woo her but she's not that interested
you know she's kind of playing hard to
get but she he could tell there was
something there maybe maybe she likes
him and uh eventually she does kind of
acques and say okay you know like let's
go on a date you know and they hit it
off you know and Kayla hit it off you
know they're an item and they end up
graduating and after graduation they get
married and by 2006 Mitch and Kayla have
bought their actual you know white
picket fence Dream Home in
Louisiana and you know life was great
you know they they loved their careers
they both of them were very intentional
about spending time together on the
weekends and really making you know
their time together as a couple very
important and then by 2007 so they've
lived in this new home for a year now
they have have they welcome their first
child uh their daughter and then two
years after that which puts us in 2009
they have their son and then then
they're done at that point they got
their girl they got their boy and it's
like life couldn't be better you know
Mitch loves his job his wife loves her
job they they had this this thing where
every morning the the dad would uh he
would sneak into the kidss bedroom and
he'd like spook them to wake them up you
know it was a playful thing and they
always had you know family game nights
on the weekend and and and the Mitch and
Kayla made a point to still have those
romantic dates you know anytime they
could they always got babysitters to to
spend time together so this is like a
it's the American dream in many ways you
have this this this young family living
high school sweetheart white picky fence
two and a half kids dog that's it so
it's 2009 and uh Mitch is at this this
little dream home and he's watching
football he's sitting on the couch
watching football and you know it's just
like any other day and as he's watching
the game there's this lamp that's in the
back right corner of the room this this
non-descript you know you know Target
lamp you know it's a red lamp and Mitch
he's he's seen this lamp a million times
it's in his house and he's watching
football but at some point he he notices
something odd about this lamp and he
looks over at it and for some reason the
lamp itself not the light bulb but the
actual physical lamp like the base was
blurry the rest of the room is in Focus
there's plenty of light in the room but
the lamp is blurry and so Mitch he's
he's you know he's looking at the lamp
he's he's rubbing his eyes to see if
there's something in his eyes but still
the lamp is is blurry he goes back to
the TV not blurry you know Mitch has
good eyesight this doesn't make any
sense and so Mitch finally you know he's
he's worried about this you know there
something wrong with me and he stands up
and he walks over to the lamp and as
soon as he gets up to it it's still
blurry and he touches it still blurry
and he's like okay I don't know what
this is about but he does the typical
you know kind of dude reaction like
whatever the male medical problems yeah
it's like I'm probably having a stroke
but you know whatever uh so he he turns
around and he goes back to the couch and
just does his best to ignore the still
blurry lamp and so he's watching the
game he's watching the game he's
glancing periodically but he's mostly
focused on the game and then at some
point towards the end of the football
game the lamp changes it remains blurry
but you know out of the corner of his
eye he sees it moving around and he
looks and the lamp with having not been
interact no one's touched the lamp at
this point but the lamp is now turned
upside down which is you know it's not
possible it's flipped upside down and
now it's blurry and so now now Mitch is
he's looking at this lamp thinking okay
huge problems here there's something
wrong I I I might very well be having
some sort of medical emergency but for
some reason that Mitch just could not
place he couldn't bring himself to call
the doctor I mean this is a this is a
situation where you call the doctor
there's something wrong and he knew it
but he didn't do it instead he just
could not stop looking at this lamp he's
he's not watching the TV he's just
staring at this upside down blurry lamp
and at some point that day or that
evening uh his wife Kayla and his two
kids they come home and the second she
comes in you know Mitch kind of breaks
out of his his his fixation and he
thinks I should tell Kayla about this
lamp I'm having a medical emergency I
should tell her but again he doesn't and
in fact he quickly thinks to himself I
can't tell her I'm I'm going to pretend
this didn't happen he kind of forgets
about the lamp and he goes and he sees
his wife and his kids and it's a normal
night she she is none the wiser that he
spent the day staring at a lamp that's
blurry and upside down and you know when
Kayla came in the lamp was not blurry
and upside down she's not experiencing
this so that night regular night you
know they put the kids to bed and you
know Kayla and Mitch they go to bed too
but then after Kayla had fallen asleep
Mitch is wide awake you know he can't
sleep and there's something telling him
to go down and look at that lamp and so
Mitch gets up and he sneaks downstairs
and he goes to the couch and you know
the light is not even on at this point
but even in the darkness he can tell
it's still blurry it's still upside down
and he sits on the couch and he just
stares at the lamp and all night Mitch
sits on this couch and stares at this
lamp in absolute silence and then in the
morning Kayla gets up she comes down
it's it's you know during the week so
it's a work day she comes down and she
she finds Mitch on the couch and she's
like what are you doing and he kind of
breaks out of it and he's like oh you
know I wasn't feeling well last night
you know he's lying to her I wasn't
feeling well so I came down here and in
fact he tells her you know what I I feel
so sick I I can't go to work today and
Kayla's like you've never taken a day
off from work ever and you don't you
don't seem sick to me like what's
happening and he's like no I just just
not feeling up for it and so Kayla's
like okay but she's she's thinking
there's there's there's a red flag here
you know but she doesn't know what it is
and so ultimately Kayla and the kids
they leave for the day and Mitch stays
home and he just stares at this lamp all
day he is staring at this lamp and by
the evening when Kayla comes home this
is like 8 10 hours later when she walks
in the house all the lights are still
off ex except for the red lamp and she
sees her husband who now is not breaking
out of his trance he's sitting on the
couch and he is absolutely focused on
this lamp and when she walks in she's
like what's going on with you no
reaction Mitch is fully locked in on
this lamp he's completely
unresponsive and so Kayla is like
putting it together that oh my God
something's obviously wrong and so she
she grabs the phone and she calls the
doctor to be like what do I do about
this and she's at the same time kind of
yelling for Mitch on the couch there's
no reaction she's shoo her kids away you
know go upstairs you we'll deal with
this and so as this is happening Mitch
who can kind of tell you know his wife
is on the phone with the doctor
eventually he can't even hear her
anymore she disappears completely and
he's left with just this lamp and the
lamp begins to change for a a second
time now in addition to being upside
down and blurry the lamp begins to grow
inside the room and so as it's growing
it's taking up more and more of this
field of vision until this lamp is so
big he now is basically consumed by the
lamp and it's at this point that he
begins to feel his blinding pain in his
head and he doesn't know where it's
coming from and then he hears a ringing
in his ears and then all he hears is
just people screaming everywhere and
it's total darkness the lamp is gone and
then he opens his eyes and he looks
around and he's surrounded by a sea of
people that are all looking at him and
he's on the ground it's broad daylight
he's not at his house anymore and he's
looking around at this crowd of it looks
like college kids and he's looking for
his wife and his kids he can't see them
and he stands up and he's he doesn't
know what's going on and as he's yelling
for his wife and kids Kaya he was
yelling for his wife and kids a police
officer comes charging through the
circle and he grabs Mitch and without
saying anything he lifts him up a grown
man and just runs with him to his police
car and the whole time Mitch is like I
don't know what's going on here his
head's still like you know he's still
got pain in his head he has no idea
where he is physically he has no idea
where he is and he gets thrown in the
back of this police car obviously
there's some emergency happening right
now and and the cop without saying
anything he hops in the driver's seat
and they they start speeding down the
road and as they're driving Mitch just
starts saying Where's My Wife and Kids
what's going on and the police officer
was like sir you just hit your head I'm
bringing you to the hospital and so
ultimately the police officer brings
Mitch to the hospital and they end up
you know he gets treated by the doctors
and nurses but he discovers what's
actually
happened Mitch was a senior in college
and he got tackled by a football player
and he hit his head on the ground and he
was unconscious for a fraction of a
second like 10 seconds or something and
in those 10 seconds his brain
constructed an entire life with a wife
with kids with the white picket fence
the house none of it existed he never
had a wife he never had his kids they
they're not real and so he realized what
had happened when he was at the hospital
and he had to grieve the loss of people
who never existed and it wrecked his
life he did this huge Reddit post this
ask me anything where he tried to tell
people what it's like to have basically
lost your entire family who don't exist
and he said to this day he still has
dreams where his little son will come
running around the corner and he's
perpetually 5 years old he you know and
then that was his life and so it it
wrecked his life and it never existed it
was just a figment of his
imagination dude pretty crazy right wow
yeah have you reached out to this guy
given that you've had so you've given
this story so much attention yeah and
what's he like no he doesn't want talk
about it he did his AMA and that's it
the dude wants to disappear he goes to
therapy for this I he basically gave
permission but doesn't want to be a part
of it I mean he's trying to cope and
he'll be about our age now or something
maybe mhm yeah I mean for him I mean h
how do you go about dealing with
something like that because the to other
people it's like well it never really
happened you know come on but for him it
was like years that in his brain was
implanted like an entire history an
entire family I mean that's real loss
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