AWKWARD ZOMBIE

It would probably be the result of a serious nervous disorder.

I'm actually not sure if newborns are physically capable of laughing.

Well there goes the horror for me.

This is what they put on Adult Swim now.

I take it Adult Swim is still catered more to the rebellious youths sneaking to the TV passed their bed time than actual adults...I guess now they're trying more to scare the living piss out of them though.

That is the saddest thing.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6QFwo57WKwg
Video is NSFW

http://creepypasta.wikia.com/wiki/Arizona

http://oi40.tinypic.com/sg6c69.jpg
Huge

That one about the guy living a separate life in his unconscious state was rather interesting. From the way it was written it sounded more like a quick thing but daisies, ten years? You think he'd be in a daisies coma instead of just being out for a few hours. Wonder if it's possible for stuff like that to happen or not.

That video. What in the hell did I just watch. Who comes up with this stuff?

Those two creepypastas were interesting too. Like the ending of the first one but the idea of the second one was pretty original.

Here's the reddit thread I got it from, maybe you can find out more about it there.

I certainly think it's possible for that guy to think that happened to him.

Thanks for the link Syobon, I'll definitely look into that.

I'm sure something like that is possible. It's just incredible to think that your brain can somehow manage to replicate every day for ten years like that. I would understand it more if it instead fooled you to believe that it was that long but that doesn't seem to be the case here.

That reminds me a lot of yu + me

I feel like I've seen that comic before but in a negative way

Or am I confusing that with something else?

I'm actually quite certain that it can't, especially not in such a short period of time. At least, that would hyperexceed our current estimation of the brain's capabilities as I understand it.

What the brain can do is create a multitude of events. What happens in a coma-like state is probably comparable to what happens it the dream-state. Your brain is somehow wired to forget these events, because they're completely irrelevant to your actual life. You can however force your brain to remember them. You will then subconsciously try to link these events together, filling in the gaps as it were.

The extent to which our brain can realistically recreate events has never been properly researched. However, to suggest that it can create a full span of 10 years with all the details within the space of less than an hour is ludicrous. Not even the biggest supercomputer we currently have can come close to even a milli-fraction of that kind of processing capacity.

What I think happened is that the accident caused some kind of hotwire in his brains, releasing a ton of chemicals in his brain causing him to experience a very strong hallucinogenic effect. This kind of effect is mentioned in a comment in the thread, I think the chemical in question was DMT or something. Since the hallucinogenic effects were very positive ones, he clung on to them. To make a subject realise the difference between reality and the subconscious, you can ask them questions about intricate details of the hallucination, like the price of the house they first bought. It may take multiple of these questions to break the illusion, however in an advanced enough state of delusion, the subject will subconsciously make up these details as they go along. This also happens when they try and recall the memory, any details will be filled in on the fly.

In conclusion, to this guy, there is probably no difference between whether it really all happened in his mind or not. However, I think the mechanics behind it are more complicated than that he simply hallucinated ten years in less than an hour.

Beautiful theory there, Syobon. I figured it wasn't possible to replicate those ten years but that must have been a rather unique accident to create such an emotional impact on the guy for that many years afterwards. I figured he didn't really get too much into detail (other than the lamp) because it was still a heavily emotional experience on him (or that it's fake, but where's the fun in that) but to have such strong attachments to someone who doesn't exist like that is just an incredibly interesting case.

This is rather fascinating, I have to say. I know close to nothing about how the brain works like that but the fact that it has the possibility to fool you so heavily is incredible.

Your brain is a fucking scumbag, just look at all the mental disorders out there.