"Psychosis" creepypasta by Matt Dymerski FULL CAST AUDIO DRAMA ― Chilling Tales for Dark Nights
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"Psychosis"
Author: Matt Dymerski
Narrator: Jeff Clement
Voice of Amy: C. Lake
Voice of doctor: Otis Jiry
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Post-Production: Jeff Clement
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Psychosis is soooo difficult to read out loud without destroying the atmosphere of slowly going insane. Well done.
Thank you Katrien Verachtert, that was a big concern of mine too. Hopefully I pulled it off.
TheKillerNuns Hehe the feels! Seriously, thank you. I'm so happy you enjoyed what you heard. I loved this story and still am very proud of this production.
+Aural Stimulation | Jeff Clement listen to you every night... Your voice is relaxing.. Very talented!!
Serena Trizteta Wow, thank you very much! I'm glad you enjoy my work. :)
+Aural Stimulation | Jeff Clement you should do the creepy pasta "ubloo" it's a five part story I think you'd do amazing
One of the best creepypastas I've read. It genuinely feels like a descent into madness. How someone goes from normal to completely insane. I almost feel it myself. I've got a new respect for the mentally unwell, especially if this is how they end up in places like this. :(
But he wasnt insane... In the last 15 seconds of the video you find out the guy was right
Anthony is right! (｡•̀ᴗ-)✧
@@anthonystaton3740 🙆🏻🙊...shhhh...😬.
💩.
You can be insane and still be right.
Having bi polar general anxiety ptsd is such a mess to deal with
Narrator: Jeff Clement
Sound Design: Jeff Clement
Post-Production: Jeff Clement
Music Production: Jeff Clement
Artwork: Jeff Clement
Jeff, You are the man!
Jeff Clement: Mr. and Mrs. Clement
The guy who voices the doctor really nailed the ending.
kinda sound like philip k dick
It’s Otis Jiry! Fantastic narrator as well.
Otis jiry
This audio production is the best I've ever heard. I look around me every sound to make sure it's not in MY house.
Agreed. It's one of the better narration creepy pasta channels I like
Yeah that's when it's getting good. I'm a 52 year old man and was doing the same thing other nite cause I didn't realize the sound I was hearing was on here.
@@rickyhurtt8692 Here's one of the best stories!
m.czcams.com/video/K-pw4gVUvNU/video.html
Especially the running sound
@@ZekeThePlumber86 Thank you! I’m listening now. Headphones in the dark. Creepier that my name is Dani too.
The pacing! The pacing is what made this story! It made it so perfect…. That and the wonderful voice acting.
Interesting. My mother works at a mental hospital and used to take me along often when I was little (because there was a huge garden there, she didn't subject me to any looney stuff, plus I always liked it there). There was a patient she always talked about, one of the "red zone" patients. He insisted "someone" kept watching him and so he'd crush mirrors and such, then he thought they must've operated on him while asleep and put mirrors in his eyes so they could see inside his skull and read his thoughts, he'd tried numerous times to gouge his eyes out. This story reminded me of him, although his story was.... well, more grotesque. As the years went on, he insisted he must've been put inside a mirror world where people would always watch him and kept calling out to everyone that they were "reflections". .... I've seen and heard many stories from that place and come to the conclusion that suffering from a mental illness, is far worse than any other disease, because it never ends.
Liked it there? Trust me nothing to be liked about being fucked up. It's torture. Not a night on the town
@@eldemente5900 what the actual F are you talking about
@@gavroshtheswift9959 I'm sorry I must have typed in Greek instead of English 🖕😈🖕
@@eldemente5900yeah what are u talking about?
@@Maple_Dragons pineapples! What do think im talking about?
Jeff Clement is great at voice acting. At the end, when he was panicking, with the voice cracks, I felt genuinely frantic and panicked. And then after that, he sounded so broken, until he began to feel empowered and triumphant. Perfect voice for this pasta
Truly a teenage classic for me. Thank you for the years of effort. This is a story I am always able to remember. Thanks for the many nights of easeful sleep and suspenseful tension throughout my years.
This is one of the main contributing factors of why I want to go into audio drama.... It's not your everyday creepypasta, it has real characters amazing depth, fantastic voice acting, and amazing atmosphere. This story is a fantastic combination of horror, psychological, dramatic, and downright amazing!
Jeff you have amazing talents!
This is literally the best creepypasta I've ever read or listened to, and I've read a lot of creepypastas.
same. i keep coming back ❤️
I love the depiction of psychosis here, how it's almost always a slow creep into madness with signs that are subtle at first, subtle enough as to not be noticed by those that suffer from it. It makes me feel seen as someone who has psychosis myself, and it doesn't make the sufferer seem like a dramatized raving lunatic, it just makes them seem sick. This is how I'd say about half of people with psychosis are, we're just normal people that have an illness that makes us think weird stuff most of the time. It's very rare for a psychotic person to be so insane as to have to be put into a mental asylum or in a "red zone" for violent patients for the rest of their lives. Usually the psychotic episodes only last a few weeks at most and we're back to (mostly) normal.
I actually thought the guy was thinking pretty rationally up until he smashed his old webcam. He gradually got there and i was scared with him. But at the same time, i saw that he could have been mistaken the whole time clearly. It's such a good example of extreme paranoia.
I suppose it gives a really good insight on what it's like to have a psychotic episode and how real it can be for the person.
I guess you two didn't listen to the last 15 seconds of the video. The guy was right
There were sequels too
@@PwnZombie uploaded on youtube or in text form?
MissPurpur text form. On the creepypasta site. They were hard to find. He had other stories in the same universe too, like a guy who cut off his limbs to get his girlfriend off. And they all end up in the same asylum as the guy
One of the absolutely most chilling tales ive listened to in awhile...My roommate is supposed to come home soon...I dont know if I can let her in..
lol m80 u cant trust bobudy anymor.
Then go in her! LOL!
Haha. Tell her to tell you something about the two of you.
Legend has it that you still haven't let her in.
Love this Story! A Perfect example of "that you're paranoid does Not mean they're not after you"
Oh why did I wait so long to finally listen to this?! Jeff I can't praise you enough, the decent into madness through your voice was absolutely superb...such a moving story too...fantastic
+Holly Anne Thanks for listening!
+Aural Stimulation | Jeff Clement Wuts wrong with Amy and John I don't understand this story? plz tell me.
+Aural Stimulation | Jeff Clement oh and one more thing plz read more stories like this one with a twist I love those.
This should so be made into a movie it would be sooo good
Naw Hollywood would just glamorize this beautifully constructed and well written tale of this mans descent into madness...cabin fever...so you see sir this is why unless naw Alfred Hitchcock
+The_Platinum_Wizard can you explain the Alfred Hitchcock reference?
+Eddie Herger only Alfred Hitchcock can direct such a masterpiece softer all he is the master of suspense
You should check out the movie Rosemary's Baby, very similar to this
I agree
I like the subtle context that he sent out where he was to random people, and then Amy knew where he lived.
Hearing the old opening, *CHILLING TALES FOR DARRRK NIIIIGHTS,* ah nostalgia
As someone whom deals directly with Psychosis daily, this was absolutely brilliant. Well done.
Why is everyone in the comments all assuming he's just wrong and crazy? Sure he's crazy, but that's led to his survival. The doctor at the end reveals he truly is the last remaining human, and if he was sane he would of been "taken over" like everyone else, but his paranoia kept him untouchable by whatever creature is taking everyone, and controlling them.
+Jude McDaniel The story is written in such a way that it can be taken either way. You can come to the conclusion that he's just a crazy guy, or that he's completely right.
Unix One That's retarded. Nerve filaments and puppeteering are objective elements of the story.
where did u get that the doctor says he is the last remaining human? i dont think he ever said that and im kinda confused about the endjn
jjchick95 The man was insane. He had psychokinesis but he was actually right. People were trying to deceive him. The “entity” was real and presumably needed to have some level of control over a person; that’s why it needs him to believe that the people he’s interacting with are real and that’s he just crazy. It wants his willpower so it can control him. His psychokinesis and extreme paranoia is keeping him alive and free from the entity’s control as stated at the end when the doctor said “a sane man would have fallen for the deception long ago”.
Does it really matter? Oh now I'm not being controlled... ANNDDD I'm blind and imprisoned for the rest of my life. #Winning
This story makes me so emotional, especially at the end. I have to say Jeff's acting made it so much better,Extremey realistic and raw, but for some reason I giggled everytime he said 'out' or 'about'.I blame the accent.
Thanks Anna Reed. Sorry about the "out" sounds. Really hard NOT to do it when you've been doing it your whole life.
Aural Stimulation that's alright, I actually got used to it.
Anna Reed That's a relief!
I'm in Minnesota, lived here my whole life. I try not to utter too many stressed O's and A's like the Fargo movie but it's not easy. When I worked at a Call Center my callers nailed the MN accent right away. I used to get so embarrassed. You make it work in your narrations I love it. You are the best Mr Clement. Keep up the outstanding work.
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Wow... Just...(stands up, and aplauds)
+leion800 Thank you kindly!
@@AuralStimulations Jeff, we miss you like crazy! You're still the best out there!
One of my favorite creeypasta's the narrator made it sound even better!
Thank you kindly. I really enjoyed narrating this one :)
May I say your voice fit John on spot
Merrill Fennell Thanks!
Amazing build up. Left my heart racing each time he almost opened the door, and made me question whether his decision to shut himself away from the outside world was correct or just simple paranoia. Each line made me hungrier to find out what happens next, and even sparked a seemingly primordial fear that all his connections were valid, and maybe even plausible. Towards the end of the story my heart began to sink as the outside world seemed to make more sense, with the thought that he's destroying the life he could have had. At the same time, I began to question my own judgment, thinking that if I were in that very situation I would be foolish enough to miscalculate, and open the door. I genuinely felt torn as the story progressed, unable to come to a solid conclusion.
This story was nearly perfect. Making me question whether the narrator was right or wrong. Even making me reflect upon my own life in the very same way. Unable to look behind me, I unknowingly leaned in closer, and closer. The story couldn't move fast enough to satiate my unrelenting hunger for more. I've recommended this video to a very close friend of mine, knowing that he would enjoy this just as much, or maybe even more than I have.
I really enjoyed the fact that this creepypasta didn't simply clearly state "this is all happening because of ghost. A sort of deus ex machina, but used more as a way to progress the story, and attempt to swell fear in the listeners. Not that ghost stories can't be good, but they are usually done poorly, or too crystal clear to give the story any value other than a one time listen. This was truly a masterpiece in a genre that is so brutally difficult to get right.
The ending however just ruined everything the build up stood for. It should have been left ambiguous. Sometimes saying nothing at all is more powerful than an explanation.
I rate 8/10. Would - in fact - be 10/10 in my book if it weren't for the ending. Oh well, at least I can pretend in my mind it ended in ambiguity.
what the fuck did you took ? the twist ending was awesome.John the hero,never giving up. making you feel lile he was actually fighting for something,not just for his dellusional madness.
So you'd end the story without any payoff to all the suspense you built? Good thing you didn't write because that wouldve been terrible.
With or Without Nuts The ending was the best part of the whole story imo. You see, it was kind of like in Cloverfield Lane. The story had it‘s strange events in it but overall you were mostly thinking that John is delusional. At least I did so. Especially in the end. I thought about how sad it was that he could have just opened the door and everything would have been okay. However, the last few sentences turn that around immediately and give a big „Oh no, you gotta be kidding me?!“. It was such an awesome twist and turnaround in emotions.
For anyone wondering. In Cloverfield Lane happened something similar (SPOILER ahead!)
The main protagonist was kidnapped by a delusional old guy in a bunker that didn‘t let her out because the air was poisonous. The whole time there are bizarre things happening that make you think if it‘s true or if he‘s just crazy and the world is fine. The ending twist was perfectly filmed and gave me goosebumps while watching. Honestly, it reminds me so much of this story.
@@biglincolncreepypastaeng3022 If I remember correctly, wasn't John Goodman the crazy guy in that movie? Sure kept my interest until the twist ending.😮
This is such a well written, and narrated creepypasta. Love it.
Bailey Barnes Thank you very much!
Aural Stimulation | Jeff Clement You're welcome :)
Skipppyyyyy
I already knew the ending after getting it spoiled for me by another person, but thought I got it mixed up with another one. Best chills I've had in years. There definitely has to be more stories like these.
The greatest Creepypasta ever written, and one of the best works of literature ever written.
The lockdown has been making weird things relatable
I gotta say, most creepypastas are pretty mediocre. Predictable, cliche, with 1-dimensional characters, etc.
This one was absolutely gripping.
The reader's performance was very passionate, unlike most other readings. Although the story wasn't too unique, it definitely did a good job of keeping me guessing as the story progressed.
I also like how the descent to madness was kept at least somewhat subtle. So many creepypastas have them just start screaming and cackling like a god damn witch, but at least this guy's descent had a great deal of depth to it. IDK how to explain it, but everything about the story felt very believable. The dialect was consistent (something that some writers forget, though it's pretty basic) and the relationship with his best friend (forgot her name) felt very deep and real. I also loved how subtly the descent into madness was. It's so easy for people to slip up on that aspect and have the descent feel unnatural or choppy, but this story makes it feel so natural and smooth that it's difficult to notice at some points.
Very well-done! I don't know of many people who could tell such a strange story with so much depth as well as you did.
+adam hunt Thank you for the very nice comment!
adam hunt yes true. Its really unpredictable and epic plot twist which is awesome.
I just listened to Otis Jiry's telling of this... he did a great job and it made me think of me hearing Jeff Clement telling, so I came back here to re-listen from years ago! I have to say, this full-audio drama version sounds just as fantastic as it did the first time I heard it! 🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤
Haven't Listened In A While. Always gives me chills....
This is a perfect example of, "But.... Who was phone?"
Hey, you're right! Now we just need Matt Dymerski to turn "A skeleton popped out" into one of the best damn creepypastas on the internet. Because he could do it.
+Emper0rH0rde HECK YEAH!
Man car hook door car hand
I remember reading this YEARS ago, and it's always stuck with me since. Just rediscovered it, what a fantastic read. Really chilling. This was a great reading, really felt immersed while reading and listening to this at the same time.
I love all of Jeff Clements narrations!
Your voice immerses me, into the story.
My imagination takes over, and your voice paints the picture. Great story!
Thank you to all the authors!
This is honestly professional quality. It shows with great writing all you need a skilled actor to passionately act it out... Honestly some heart breaking moments that didn't hit me reading it the same way I felt hearing this guy speak, especially when he's talking about Amy at the end that almost made me cry.
I always come back to this story. One of my all time favorites
One of my favorite short horror stories of all time. And this narration is on point. 🙌🏽
This is actually what going into psychosis feels like. The only missing touch would be sounds that aren't there.
There are sounds that aren’t there as he hears the basement door rattling when there would be nobody there
I always come back to this video. I’ve listened to it since I was a teen and I’m in my mid 20s now. It’s so good
I really enjoyed this tale. It's the first 'chilling tales for dark nights' that I have listened to and I thoroughly enjoyed it! Great narration and sound effects, I have to say I lost hope about 40 mins in, after a great start but in the last minute or so it completely turned around! Just sat here, staring at my ceiling with goosebumps!!
“Just because you’re paranoid doesn’t mean they’re not after you.”
Its the psychological aspects, the strange and unknown oddities throughout this that makes it one of the true masterpiece creepypastas
I must say this story is a masterpiece
luis Elizondo Thank you kindly.
At the end I was like "he was cazy duh" then "a sane man would of falling to the deception" then I was like :O then I was like O_o creepy....
Paranoid schizophrenia is what this sounds like...awesomely narrated...I really enjoy these full cast stories with all the sound effects...all of it together helps to emerse yourself into the story...great job all
idk but
i like the way the narrator pronounces the word "out" for some reason.....
:D
Jeff is Canadian.
Same lol
thats why I didnt notice it xD also Canadian
I don't like it. Kind of ruins the narration for me. Sorry bout that
Would make an interesting short film. Well written and recorded.
There is a short film, you can find it on youtube.
This audio drama is way better though.
best creepypasta/reading ever
OeMong Thank you!
OeMong Thanks for the kind words!
+Chilling Tales For Dark Nights it was terrible
#HaterSquad
@@gaddes01 it wasn’t tho
What... A... Badass...
Best story by far. The eeriness of this story narrated by Jeff Clement is superb.
I remember listing while studying in the library to this story, and it just came back to me this week all these years later. Love the build in this one
I felt bored reading the original text cause I never really liked reading a novel. Glad there existed one amazingly narrated video, thanks a lot 😆
I can't be the only person who thinks the moving tree in the background looks like a face. I really can't.
i thought it looked like a dog licking something
...People can lick too.
Yep.
I think the point of the picture in the video was to emulate that kind of feeling the person in the story had so seeing a face totally makes sense and I see it first before I see the tree actually.
The entire time I was staring at it and thought it was supposed to be a face
My favourite narrator. Jeff always does an amazing job with the narration, sound effects, music, production. The story was great too. I wish he did more! I wonder if he'll ever come back. Been listening to CTFDN for years now and this has always been my favourite story by my favourite narrator.
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@@chillingtalesfordarknights Thanks for the reply and suggestion. Good luck eh with your troubles. Been going through my own darkness as well. I'm not going to suggest something cliche or anything but, I am wishing you well. Maybe that'll shift the shite in this universe to someone more deserving of it ;). Take it easy bud.
this is criminally underviewed
The narration is absolutely perfect! Wow! All around creepy!
Thanks for listening!
This was, sad. A slow descent into madness.
Made worse by the fact that he's completely correct.
darthjesus3444 nah he wasnt mad. the doctor at the end was being controlled. he was right all along
okay I've read literally hundreds of creepy pastas but this one is one of my favs just how it looks so deep into our actual thought processes
This is one of the best CP ever.
One AMAZING story & a phenomenal narration! Had to listen twice. A BIG THANKS for the continued uploading of exceptional stories. Have a wonderful and enjoyable weekend 😊
The end line ''I am a HERO" was glorious.
Ok... Wow, what a story and what a narrator! Is the ending a “make up your own mind?” As the doctor throws a “Twist” in the end... Brilliant!!
One of the best endings in a creepypasta. Give me Goosebumps!
Dude.. My glod I want to cry so badly.. your performance was flawless!!!!!!!! So flucking believe-able that I had never been so afraid in my life!!!!!!!!!!!!! But I don't believe you.. it was too perfect.. you want me to fall for your double bluff.. so before you can get me.. subject me to your little game.. I will do what needs to be done... thank you for the heads up.. Goodbye.
JotalianLeague Thanks for the awesome compliment :D
He's dead, Jim.
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Brilliantly dark and tragic story. And great narration. Perfect.
I feel like I should be leaving a movie theater with that ending music!
Like, walking back up the aisle after a something like Hobbit 3 screaming "I MADE IT!! I MADE IT!! WHOOOOOOOOO!!!"with my hands in the air.
Awesome. That's exactly what I was going for!
Aural Stimulation | Jeff Clement Well you did it my friend! Congratulations! This currently is the only creepy story in my"favorites" list at the moment! You and Otis Jiry are my favorite creepystory narrators! With you two I'd never have to hear Morgan Freeman again!
Markiplier and Cryaotic are my next two favorites
Me after three days of quarantine
I agree. This is the true coronavirus horror for most of the populace. It's a shame this has been buried by teeny-bopper pastas.
@@joeridgechua agreed
@@celiaosborne3801 I live in the world's densest city but I still feel this way even if I'm surrounded by a hundred people. They're humanity have been stripped after months of lockdown. (The Philippines has been in lockdown since early March.. crazy.)
If you're from the U.S., be very very grateful that you have people who are willing to talk out of themselves of this coronavirus madness and protest.
I love Jeff's voice. The fact that he read probably my favorite story of all time just makes the experience that much better. One suggestion, I would love it if Jeff could read the Asylum series, which is a series of stories that take place after this one. Either way, great job!
weirdo9665 Thanks so much for the kind words. Tell you what, if we don't end up doing the asylum series here, I'll consider doing it on my own channel.
That would mean the world to me, thanks for the consideration.
This has a serious sense of desperate isolation. And loneliness. And worry about future gloom.
I know this. My ex is a sick woman ( she doesn’t realize it ) and in a perverse way I miss the abuse.
I am gloomy, lonely and isolated.
I don’t know what to do.
Great story, and I hope I’m not looking too much into it.
Great moody story.
Love it.
Why don’t I get a heart?
Fantastic! Reminds me of the movie 1408. Paranoia is freaky because it sounds so logical. Fantastic story AND fantastic narration!
Coming back again to listen to the best creepypasta ever written :D
Thank you for listening!
Mr creepypasta creepsmcpasta have nothing on this channel your voice actors are so talented ! Keep belting out more brilliant videos ! :D
Thanks Jake!
The story was genuinely creepy! Thank you so much for sharing some creepy stories with us. For free.
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All of these stories are so amazing i have been choosing this over Mrcreepypasta! Way better! Keep it up !
Thanks for choosing us, Carter Fields
Great story... brilliantly read.
Ur one of the best Jeff
This remains to be one of my favorite stories
As it should.
Listening to this at 8 in the morning with the sun shining and I got goosebumps. Great work Jeff :)
That was Phenomenally narrated
Props good sir
Thanks for listening!
That was incredibly done! It made me feel like I was going through it along with the story. Of course I could let it all go when it was over. I've seen so many people that can't let reality resume. And this helped me to realize exactly how they feel through the situation.
Cheers to all involved.
And my suggestion in this case, never live in a basement apartment.😂
This was my favourtie 'Chilling Tales for Dark Nights' yet. Very well narrated and super cool story. Well done!
Jabbering Jo Thanks so much!
Love the way he says "out"!!!
I broke down 4 times hearing that story.. I know how he felt.. If this was a real life story I'd really feel sorry for him:P
I'm crying as I'm writing this comment.
I've been told way too many times to see a doctor, but I don't trust doctors..
This story is so true..
I only trust technology.
I hope everything works out for you. I'm sorry to hear that :/ it is a very touching story.
This would be such an amazing movie.
This really makes you think about what you see as reality and fiction. Laying in a pitch black room listening to this, I had many thoughts of deception from the typical world, and I have a hyperactive imagination that can run rampant at anytime. It is truly a marvel at how a simple tone, pause even music can make things seem.... Real in a sense of imagination. I love it!
What an ending! Right at the last second too.
First "Out" I heard him say and I though, oh, Canadian. Haha nothing wrong just funny :)
Great read!
+Eddie Herger Creepy things happen to Canadians, too, we suppose! :)
Amazing! Great story, brilliant narration! 👍
I love this whole concept. It really got me thinking about how if you begin to suspect there is a “they” that can fool all your senses, then there’s no way to be sure about anything.
this was the first i ever read online and the pasta that got me hooked with the community. good job at putting justice narrating it!
hah, me too. it's been years ago at this point. had to listen to it for the first time tonight to bring it back into mind. excellent narration and sound design for sure. incredibly immersive, did great justice to an awesome story.
'Narrated by Jeff Clement"
Gotta smash the hell out of that Like button.
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+Chilling Tales For Dark Nights Sorry man I can't I'm 15 and I'm a freshman and I don't think my mom will let me borrow her credit card but believe me if I could would. 💔💔
+Anime Psychopath Hehe why thank you!
+Aural Stimulation | Jeff Clement No no no no thank you for being a good narrator.
Hello from a fellow Canadian! Great job man love that story
Dang, I know this video is a little older, but can we appreciate the ad placement. There is nothing worse than enjoying a pasta only to have it interrupted by an annoying ad. GREAT VIDEO and thank you for thinking of the fans.
Thanks for noticing, Nick!
this was one of the first creepypastas I ever heard, and it’s also one of the ones that got me hooked
10/10 would recommend
this is haunting, because my ex's name is Amy and sounds and talks oh so very similarly to the Amy in this.
There's a brilliant meta-commentary about societal norms in this that I feel is underappreciated. The main character is both wrong and right. He's wrong about a phantom entity taking over the world, but he's right about, as the story reveals, the "deception". When it says the doctor wanted to smile, scream, and encourage the man, but was prevented by the "nerve filaments wrapped around his head", this is simply describing the dichotomy between our minds and our subconscious in a way that feels alien, to sorta point it out and put it under the spotlight. Your subconscious is the thing that prevents you from doing inappropriate things. Those little thoughts you have in the back of your head. I could jump off this bridge and die. I could kill this person with the knife that I'm using to cut this onion. I could tell this person that I love, that I hate them and hope they die a horrible death, and then bite their ear off. Horrible things that you know you won't do, and certainly won't tell anybody about, yet you still entertain the idea in your mind and feel bad about it moments later. Our subconscious prevents us from acting on those ridiculous thoughts. It's like a filter.
By going insane, the main character threw away his filter. The same filter that prevented the doctor from egging the patient on or randomly screaming in the hallways. He thought, "I could be being deceived by my own eyes. I could gouge out my eyes". And rather than stop at that, he let his paranoia drive him to actually do it. And the story highlights all of this by telling it from the insane man's perspective, even when jumping into an omniscient third person point of view at the end.
God, this story is brilliant.
I think this story would have been better without the epilogue. Not knowing, one way or another, would have added to the atmosphere, and the feeling of existential dread. That's how I feel.
Still one of the best written creepypastas out there, though.
*****
I think the epilogue adds an interesting new element to the story. It isn't made clear what the "deception" is. It could be a supernatural hivemind, an alien assimilation, or it could be something as innocuous as humans being humans, but painted in such a way as to seem sinister.
I agree. The epilogue pointed it in one direction where without it, you were left wondering.
Braden Best the ending seemed sinister, in an alien sort of way, but it could just be an over exaggerated representation of what we filter ourselves from doing
Jeff, reading through the comments and you're responses, you seem to be a really great guy. I love your voice and listening to this story. Really well done on both ends.
Thanks man, I really appreciate that.
This was absolutely fantastic! Can’t believe I’ve only found it now!