Voices from the kitchen.

It was late, around 2AM and I just finished work. I was visiting my parents, which meant sleeping downstairs in my “workspace” on a mattress on the floor. Before heading to bed I wen’t to use the bathroom. Right after I locked the door this weird feeling hit me. Sounds like someone talking, I thought as I removed my headphones. My parents were asleep, and the voices didn’t match theirs. It sounded like an elderly couple having a normal friendly conversation in the kitchen.

Hallucinations are nothing new to me but in the moment, no matter how crazy the situation is, it always feels real.

Like “Yep. There is a ten meter alligator laying in the snow. Sounds about right.” I spent almost an hour in the small bathroom, silently crying and panicking. I finally gathered enough courage to exit after I took a video hoping to record the talking and sending it to my friend. They heard nothing and just tried to calm me down.

I exit and quickly glance over. Nothing in the kitchen, no one. I don’t think I’v ever run so fast and quiet to my bed before. Couldn’t sleep for few hours after.