HYPERPHANTASIA

Hyperphantasia is a condition where a person experiences extremely vivid and detailed mental imagery. People with hyperphantasia can visualize images in their mind that are almost like real-life experiences, with intense sensory details and emotions. Imagine being able to picture scenes, objects, or events in your mind with such clarity that it feels like you’re almost seeing them in front of you.

That’s what it’s like for people with hyperphantasia. This condition is on the opposite end of the spectrum from aphantasia, where people can’t visualize mental images at all. Hyperphantasia can influence creativity, memory, and even emotional experiences.

Some people might find it helpful for tasks like problem-solving or artistic expression, while others might experience overwhelming imagery.

A good morning, Satbir informs his son that he have to be outside the house for 3 days and Sushant has to stay with their neighbour. At the first glance of this idea , Sushant denied. “Who will get themselves stuck with a shady man in an unknown place for 3 days”, said Sushant. But , Satbir’s decision was the final one. Satbir dropped his son to school and went by.

DAY 1

Sushant was dropped at his school by his father. In the school, moments danced in his hands, filled with joy as he forgot that soon, his train will be at a dark station. After the school hours, he went directly to the house of his neighbour. “Is this a house or a 100 year old graveyard!” he said to himself. Sushant climbs the stair to the door and knocks it. Mr. Anonymous opens the door gently and gives a suspicious smile. “Good Afternoon” says Mr. Anonymous. Sushant was nervous and scared at the same time. Mr. Anonymous asks Sushant to change his clothes that he was carrying in his school bag and get yourself clean. After some time passes, Sushant starts feeling better and comfortable, he introduces himself. After some awkward silence, Mr. Anonymous asks “Do you know Kushal and Subal’s story?”. Sushant likes to listen stories so he starts concentrating on what Mr. Anonymous is saying. Mr. Anonymous continues “There were two friends named Kushal and Subal. Kushal was a fervent spirit of trouble. Whereas, Subal was a strong, ideological and silent person. One day, Kushal displaying his naughty tricks on Subal crossed the line and Subal didn’t liked it at all. From that day, Kushal is missing! Do you know why?” The journey beyond the bridge of curiosity was at its peak, Sushant asked as if he was one of the characters in the story “Why?” Mr. Anonymous continues “Just a day later of that trick, Subal was following Kushal like a thief, holding a pen in his hand. When he reached close to Kushal, he kept his hand on Kushal’s shoulder and raised another hand, and…… The food arrived that was ordered by Mr. Anonymous for both of them. The journey remained incomplete. They both eats their dinner and went on their bed. In midnight, Sushant woke up for washroom and he didn’t knew where it was. He starts walking in the corridor and suddenly someone keeps his hand on Sushant’s shoulder. He remembers the story narrated by Mr. Anonymous and gets scared. He sits on the floor out of fear, covering his face with his fingers. He saw Mr. Anonymous between the gap of his fingers. Mr. Anonymous smiles and asks “What happened?”. Sushant calms down and says “Nothing, washroom!”.

DAY 2

A Saturday morning, Sushant woke up early, got ready for the school. He notices that Mr. Anonymous is not there, Sushant leaves for the school. After getting in the class, he starts mocking and criticizing his neighbour infront of his friends. After the school hours, he comes to the house of his neighbour. The door was open, he enters and suddenly the door shuts creating a huge racket. With that noise, his soul vibrated too. He ran into his room and got covered himself with a rug. He tries to sleep but it didn’t work. After some time, he opened his eyes and he saw Mr. Anonymous exactly infront of himself. A sudden appearance siezed his heart. Mr. Anonymous asks “How was your day?” In a very calm and composed way. “Fine” said Sushant. Mr. Anonymous asked “Do you want listen one more srory?” All fear of Sushant disappeared like a lit camphor. Mr. Anonymous starts “There were two friends, Tanishq and Karan. Tanishq was smarter, stronger, and older than Karan. In their shared journey, one lagged behind. Karan had a different level of jealousy for Tanishq. Karan behaved very nicely and elegantly infront of Tanishq like they were the bestest pair of friends. But behind the back of Tanishq, he used to spit poisonous words for Tanishq that were worsening. One day, Tanishq got to know about all this play. He wasn’t able to control the eruption of his anger. Tanishq met Karan holding a huge stone in his hand above the head.” “That’s it for today!” Again the journey remained incomplete. They ate their dinner and went on bed. In midnight, Sushant opened his eyes and he saw Mr. Anonymous holding a huge stone in his hand above the head. Suddenly, his dream discloses.

DAY 3

As his dream discloses, he tries to sleep again. Later, Sunday morning, Sushant woke late and got himself clean. He stays alone at the house till Mr. Anonymous arrives at 12 pm. They both seats on a sofa facing at each other, Mr. Anonymous starts “Do you know what happened with Karan and Kushal? They died! Because they were raised by their parents in a wrong way, their parents were responsible for their child’s death. Do you want same to happen with you! I don’t want it! How much time will you spend in your parents’ shadows, when will you construct your own identity? Parents are just home of bad habits, they teach you how to love, how to have mercy, they just makes you weak! So, What do you want to do? If you want to leave this matrix you have to leave everything you were given back. Leave now!” Firstly, Mr. Anonymous used all these words in a very manipulative way. Secondly, Sushant’s grasping power and interest in listening of Mr. Anonymous’s stories led to a unfortunate event. “Sushant went missing!” says Sushant’s father , Satbir. This whole story was a fiction written and narrated by Satbir to his son. Sushant was very stressed of listening and interpreting this huge story. He went in the balcony and have some fresh breaths and appreciate the beauty of the nature. Moving his eyes here and there, his sight got locked at his house’s main gate where he sees MR. ANONYMOUS. Suddenly, the door behind him started banging like hell, he looked back and then looked again to Mr. Anonymous – THERE WAS NO ONE… A second later this incident, Sushant ran to his father and started saying “Papa! When you were narrating the story, I imagined a random face for Mr. Anonymous and when I went outside I saw the exact same face!” “Wow! I didn’t knew that I’m that great writer, that you started hallucinating.” Satbir said, jocundly. Some time passed, Satbir and Sushant ate their dinner and they were making their bed. Suddenly, Satbir heard a noise “Knock knock” at the main door. Sushant was still thinking about the incident that happened in afternoon, so he wasn’t able to hear that sound. Satbir opened the door, a person was standing there and he introduced himself “Hello, I’m so sorry that I disturbed you, but I ran out of water, can you just give me a bottle full of water? Actually, I’m your new neighbour, just got shifted here. My name is Christopher.” After hearing this all, Satbir went in kitchen and started filling a bottle. Sushant came to main door and saw the same person who was standing at the main gate of the house in afternoon. Sushant started trembling like the land trembles while an earthquake. Christopher gave a suspicious smile at Sushant and kept his foot inside the house. Scared Sushant started running towards kitchen, while Satbir was walking back to main door, they both collided. Satbir started shouting at Sushant, and Sushant was trying to tell him about Christopher that he saw this person in afternoon, but he failed.

Satbir came at main door holding a water bottle in his hand and Sushant was trying to hide behind him. Satbir gave the bottle to Christopher. Christopher tilted towards his left side and smiled and said “See you soon!” to Sushant who was peeking from his father’s back. Suddenly, Satbir’s mobile started ringing . He picked up the call and said “Okay!”. Christopher was returning to his house and then, Satbir called him from the balcony. Satbir said “Be alert! From previous some days, many people had been kidnapped from their house. It’s my job to tell you this.” And something else too. Satbir came inside from the balcony to Sushant. Sushant saw that Christopher came again at their main door. “You have to be with Uncle Christopher till I come!” said Satbir. Sushant denied at the first glance of this idea. Sushant asked “Why..Why can’t I come with you?” Satbir said “I am going at my friend’s funeral, you better stay with uncle.” Satbir’s decision was the final one. This is what Satbir asked Christopher from the balcony that “Can you just keep my son with you for 3-4 hours? Till I come!” Satbir went in his car leaving Sushant alone with that creepy person. Sushant entered in Christopher’s house. They both sat on the sofa. Sushant was scared and nervous at the same time. The moment Christopher asked “Do you know Karan and Kushal’s story?” Sushant understood that the story written by his father is coming true. Sushant was trying to be calm as he didn’t knew the ending of the story. He asked Christopher for mobile, to call his father. Sushant called his father and asked “Papa, what will be the ending of the story you are writing ?” “This is not the time to tell you all this” said Satbir. “Papa , please!” asked Sushant. “Mr. Anonymous was a serial killer who used to kill small kids. Mr. Anonymous attacked him, but howsoever, Sushant locked himself in a room and called for help. At the end, Sushant was saved but, Mr. Anonymous was killed in the incident.”

At the moment Sushant heard all this, he ran to a room with the mobile in his hand and locked himself. Satbir was on the call, he heard huge racket of banging doors. He was shouting at his mobile “Sushant, what is happening? Sushant said “Christopher is a serial killer, save me papa, please!” The mobile went dead. Christopher was banging the door violently. Christopher was shouting with a suspicious voice “You can’t be in there for more 10 minutes, I will grab you neck and smack it, breaking into pieces! It’s just you and me!” Sushant started sweating, he was breathing heavily, his heart beats went high. He saw a small window, enough to let him pass through it. The room was dark, he pressed all the switches on the board. The lights were lit, he saw dozens of dead bodies of small kids. He started suffocating after watching the scene. He took a shovel and smacked it into the window, it shattered. The window was about 10 feet above the ground, he jumped out and got his leg injured. Christopher heard Sushant’s shouts full of pain. He understood that Sushant jumped out of window. He ran downwards. Sushant was running uncomfortably, Christopher started chasing him. Sushant fell out of balance, Christopher lifted his hand holding a sharp knife. All of a sudden, a car crashed into Christopher that was being driven by Satbir. A heroic entry! Christopher died on the spot. Sushant was hallucinating in the house of Christopher. All this was again a hallucination. Actually, Even I don’t know how did Sushant imagined all this because he was never told this part of the story. I’m Sushant’s friend. After 4 hour 21 minutes, Satbir came to Christopher’s house, he picked his son and started walking towards his house. Sushant looked behind and saw Christopher waving his hand towards him and holding a sharp knife covered with BLOOD. At the end, Sushant and his father got to know that he has a imaginative disease, HYPERPHANTASIA. Sushant is living a peaceful life with his father in Boston, and I’m still stuck in Bandra!