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Astrid579 t1_j9qxm6z wrote

That was... incredible and one of my worst fears come alive. Since I was a child I have been frightened by the thought of another dimension or plane of existence in the mirror; another world that looks like ours but is very, very wrong. Beautifully written record of your horrific experience. I hope that Nick can find a way out.

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Saint_Circa OP t1_j9qyiwy wrote

When I was a kid I used to look at myself in the mirror and I'd swear my image would start changing. I would start getting more . . . Idk. Evil maybe? As I grew older I thought it was maybe just some kind of illusion. A trick of the mind . . . but now with Nick I don't know what to think anymore. I hope he breaks free too.

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Astrid579 t1_j9rq2br wrote

I completely understand. When I was a kid I used to see glimpses of things in the mirror in my room that weren't really there and I never trusted it. It was one of those full length mirrors mounted to my wall. I had this awesome toy gun, I don't think it was a toy, but maybe a collector or display item. It was the size of an older style handgun but made of solid brass. This thing was solid and heavy. It had what looked like a large screw in the barrel that made me think that it looked like a bullet about to come out. One night I left it on the floor in front of that mirror before I went to bed, and the next morning it was just gone. I was an only child at that point and I know that neither of my parents took it. No one else was in the home that night besides the three of us. When I couldn't find it in the morning for some reason kid me just knew that someone reached through the mirror and took it. I never found that gun, and my parents swore for the next twenty years that they have no clue what happened to it whenever I would bring it up. I already had it for a few years so it's not like they didn't approve of it as a toy and confiscated it. I know that it sounds crazy but I never was able to solve that mystery and I'm still irrationally mad that it disappeared.

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Saint_Circa OP t1_j9rtp2y wrote

Wow, that's intense. I never had anything like that occur. My face would just start changing whenever I looked at myself in a mirror for too long in a dimly lit room. It would literally start to distort and turn monstrous and I would start to feel disconnected from myself.

I wonder if maybe Nick had the same issue. "Hey I'm seeing things in my mirror and I think it's trying to replace me." Had never really had the chance to come up in our many workplace conversations

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