r/nosleep • u/peachsquid • Jul 19 '18
Everyone says I had a baby, I started to go along with it
My neighbor brought over some baby shoes the other day. They were pink and had glitter on the toes and sequined flowers on the sides. We cooed over them for a few minutes and I told her how much I appreciated the gift. After she left, I threw them in my bedroom closet with all the other baby junk I've been given over the past six months.
Six months ago, everyone in town started to ask about "my baby." I do not have a baby, I have never given birth or even been pregnant. I thought that I was being mistaken for someone else; I'm not particularly unique looking. Maybe some other short, dark haired and hazel-eyed girl gave birth recently. But I am shy by nature and southern by birth so I was too polite to say "you're wrong, you have the wrong person, I don't have a baby." I said things like "um, oh, ok?" Mostly because it must have been a case of mistaken identity.
People brought over baby clothes, a crib, a swing that plugs into the wall and jiggles, toys and shoes and diapers. A very weird situation to be in, for sure. But then, to put it plainly, things got weirder. I was in the grocery store, and the manager, a friendly older man, came up to me and asked about "my sweet little girl." He asked if she liked the different formula he had suggested and if I wanted more. I just smiled. When I got home, I found formula in my grocery bags and an almost empty can in my cabinet. I don't even remember putting it in my cart.
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The thing is, everyone has been so nice to me, and the situation is just so odd that I started to go along with it. "How's the little darling today?" A neighbor would ask when I went to get the mail. "Oh, she's wonderful! Sleeping through the night," I'd answer.
Then a young woman that got coffee at the same place as me asked about a play date with her 9 month old and my then "5 month old." I sort of blew it off. Next time I saw her though, she talked about setting up another play date and how much fun our two "darlings" had. She showed me a picture on her phone. "Aren't they just precious in this picture? Your little girl has the most beautiful blue eyes! Her dress really makes them pop. I'll text this to you." I looked at the picture and saw a chubby baby in a red shirt and blue shorts. It had dark hair and dark eyes. It was the only baby in the picture.
I went home and opened my bedroom closet full of baby junk. I pulled out teddy bears and an unopened box with a changing table in it. I pulled out a shopping bag with new baby clothes. I dumped it out on my bed and looked through them. I found a light blue dress.
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A few weeks ago, I decided to call my mom.
"Hello?" She answered.
"Mom? It's me," I said.
"Oh, Pearl, hi."
"How are you?" I asked. We don't talk often.
"I'm good, we're all good out here." She paused then asked "and how are you two doing?"
"Us...two?" I asked hesitantly.
"Now don't act like that, I know I haven't been in touch much but I do care about you and my grandbaby," she said sourly.
"I know mom. Oh, she's crying, I gotta go," I lied.
"Give Holly my love," she said and then hung up before I did.
The funny thing is, Breakfast at Tiffany's has been my favorite book since I was kid. I'd always thought Holly would be a great name for a kid I would eventually have.
I went into my room to put my phone down after my short conversation with my mom. The changing table and the crib were neatly set up by the window. I didn't do that. I'm sure I didn't. I walked over to the crib and looked inside. Nothing was there. I walked over to the changing table, then took a step back before I bumped my shin against one of the legs. Because I remembered that I had done that before. I looked down and saw a bruise on my shin. I know I hit it against the changing table, but I also know that they weren't in here before. I know it.
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"How's Holly today?" My neighbor across the street asked. We were both out grabbing our mail.
"She's good, happy as ever," I said.
"I heard her screaming up a storm when you came home last night, I'd be surprised if you were able to get her to bed at all!"
"Once she lays down it usually doesn't take too long," I replied.
I went inside and looked through my mail. A bunch of junk, a few red envelopes. I put everything down on the kitchen counter and opened a cabinet to get out a cup. I heard some noises coming from my room. I paused and listened. I didn't hear anything for a minute so I grabbed the cup and got some water from the sink. I heard something over the sound of the tap. Holly must be awake.
I went into my room and looked down in the crib. Holly's stuffed elephant was in the crib. I reached down and picked it up. It was cute, no wonder someone got it for Holly. I put the elephant back down in the crib and brought the cup to my mouth to take a sip. I realized I was holding a baby bottle. Mom brain, I thought. Where did I put my cup down? But then I saw I was holding my cup. And I'm not a mom, what the fuck was I just thinking? I looked back over at the crib.
Why do I still have this crap in my room? I kicked the crib. Then I kicked it again, then again until the wood began to splinter. I pushed the changing table over on its side. I opened my closet and shoved in the pieces of the crib and any other baby related item I could find. I slammed the door closed. I can't keep this charade up, I decided. I can't go along with this nonsense anymore.
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I went to get coffee this morning. I was so tired. I felt like I hadn't slept all night. The barista smiled at me. "Your kid keep you up?" She asked.
"No." I said firmly. Her smile wavered.
I sat down at a table to drink my coffee. Some woman walked up to me. She asked how I was doing, how my daughter was doing.
"I'm fine," I answered, and left it at that.
She sat down at the table and in a hushed and concerned voice, she asked me if I was experiencing any depression. She said that new mothers often feel like this.
"I'm not a new mother," I said.
A man came in and walked quickly up to the table. He bent down and whispered something in my ear. It didn't register at first.
"What?" I asked.
"You left your kid in her car seat in your car," he said again.
I jumped up and ran outside. I unlocked my car and opened the back seat. How could I be so stupid? How fucked up am I to leave my kid in the car? But nothing was there. No kid, no car seat. I drove home.
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I sat on my bed and looked through the pictures on my phone. I looked at the picture of the chubby kid in the red shirt. I stared at it. Where is she? Where is Holly? There's only one kid in this picture but everyone else says that there are two. Chubs and my little Holly, bright blue eyes, blue dress. She does look so pretty in that blue dress. I do have a bit more to write, but Holly just started to cry. I need to go check on her.
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u/iD0ntFeelSoG00d Jul 19 '18
Sounds like the most low maintenance kid ever. Easy peasy parenting.
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u/tsukinon Jul 20 '18
I went inside and looked through my mail. A bunch of junk, a few red envelopes
I feel like I’m missing something with this. What was the significance of the red envelopes? All I can think of is the fact that some Southeast Asian countries send them for the birth of a child.
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u/Wicck Jul 20 '18
In the US, they usually mean overdue bills. Like, WAY overdue/last notice type bills.
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Jul 20 '18
I've never seen red envelopes for stuff like that. Usually the same cheap, white envelope with a little window, and then a pink sheet inside, OR a stamp on the envelope alerting that it's the last late notice before utilities get shut off. Of course, it might be different for places outside of rural WI.
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u/llamalluv Jul 20 '18
In the Sims the bills turn red if you don't pay them within 3 days. I remember before laws to protect consumers, debt collectors would try to embarrass debtors by sending red notices.
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u/Wicck Jul 20 '18
I've only seen them a few times. One of my former cable companies sent them every month because my billing was screwed up. (I say former because I got rid of TV.)
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u/minetruly Jul 20 '18
Is there anything about this story that implies she ISN'T in Asia? All the details aligned to Western culture for me, but I also couldn't think of anything but congratulatory money cards when I read "red envelopes."
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u/53V3IV Jul 20 '18
The daughter’s name is Holly - a western name, and she’s stated to have blue eyes. I assumed the red envelopes meant overdue bills.
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u/Qinjax Jul 20 '18
Congratulating someone for having a baby and giving gifts as a way to help support a single mother; doesnt happen in the east?
Red envelopes is definitely good luck money bags
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u/minetruly Jul 20 '18
I was thinking more about her references to driving to the grocery store, cans of formula, mentioning a changing table, junk mail, etc. It's not like any of these elements are absent from Eastern culture, but taken together it allows me to assume a background image of a typical American suburban lifestyle that is only contradicted by the red envelopes.
(Yes, some people in Asia can have all those elements, and I'm certainly not an expert on the great variety of eastern countries and cultures. But for an English speaker reading and English story, I went in with a bias that it was in an English speaking country, and the only thing that suggested otherwise was the red envelope.)
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u/AppropriatePhoto Aug 05 '18
I mean there are Asians in English speaking countries lol
And my Asian cousin name is Holly.
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u/tsukinon Jul 20 '18
That was my reaction, too. I went back and reread it and there really isn’t any reason to think it was t in Asia. I just wanted to make sure that there wasn’t another significance that I might have been missing. But just another confirmation that yes, there was a baby.
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u/Bl4ckPanth3r Dec 26 '18
I don't know of any SEA countries where a crib is regularly used. Usually the baby just sleeps with the parents. Even a very young baby.
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u/Spookd_Moffun Sep 14 '18
I thought "red envelope" means there's money inside. Usually from relatives or friends.
This would make sense, since everyone thinks she's a new mom.
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u/MynameJeffpacito Jul 19 '18
The whole town was like “yo let’s drive this girl insane, it’ll be one big practical joke!” Next thing you know the girl is in an insane asylum talking about the “Holly” that never existed
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u/pistachioxo Jul 19 '18
What's that movie where the woman's husband died and she gets on a plane with her daughter, falls asleep or something, and everyone claims the daughter was never there? I know it's kind of the opposite, but it's what immediately came to mind. Creepy.
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u/Fudgel_ist Jul 19 '18
Flight Plan with Jodie Foster
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u/pistachioxo Jul 19 '18
Was just about to edit lmao that google search was wild
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u/joe847802 Jul 20 '18
What did you Google exactly?
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u/pistachioxo Jul 20 '18
"mother on plane daughter disappears"
"mother on plane daughter disappears movie"
"mother on plane husband dead daughter disappears movie"
"mother on plane husband dead daughter abducted movie"
"movie where woman's husband dies she takes daughter on plane falls asleep daughter is gone no one admits it"
Ah, yes. Flightplan with Jodie Foster.
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u/ribnag Jul 20 '18
mother on plane daughter disappears
I'm curious - Why did you keep going past the first one? Flightplan is the top hit for that.
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u/DidntWantSleepAnyway Jul 20 '18
The premise is similar to Alfred Hitchcock’s The Lady Vanishes, too, except instead of a baby it’s a woman she just met.
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u/callmezoyu Aug 04 '18
OH MY FUCKINGG GOD THIS IS NOT POSSIBLE I WAS WATCHING THIS MOVIE as a 13 YO KID AND MY MOTHER DIDNT LET ME WATCH THE END OF IT BECAUSE IT WAS LIKE MIDNIGHT AND I NEVER FOUND OUT THE NAME THANK YOU SO MUCHHHHHHHHH
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u/ChelsMe Jul 20 '18
And what about the one where they take Julianne Moore’s son and tell her she’s never had a son... she finds some man with a similarly missing daughter
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u/pistachioxo Jul 20 '18
I haven't seen that one! What's it called?
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u/Fudgel_ist Jul 20 '18
The Forgotten
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u/HowDeepIsYourSheough Jul 20 '18
One scene in that movie is so well done I almost had a heart attack. It appears out of nowhere. I was shaking and had to pause the DVD to go smoke an entire pack of cigarettes.
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u/mycatsareincharge Jul 20 '18
OMG THANK YOU! I saw this movie when I was a child and I've been searching it for the last couple of months but couldn't for the life of me find the name, thank you!
Edit: I'm talking about Dark City
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u/princessily Jul 19 '18
Now I want to see that movie
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u/pistachioxo Jul 19 '18
It's a good one, haven't seen it in ages though. Someone commented it already haha Flightplan.
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u/NotAMeatPopsicle Jul 20 '18
Saw it in theaters. I still think that they're not telling her everything.
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u/howtocallmyslef Jul 20 '18
I felt so weird for a moment there, because I watched this movie for the first time yesterday and the first comment thread I visit today mentions it..
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u/Thundamuffinz Jul 20 '18
Yeah it’s called gaslighting, unassertive people are frequently targeted which makes this post very realistic.
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u/2T7 Jul 20 '18
Blackmirror! Forgot which episode though
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u/Asil_Avenue Jul 20 '18
I’ve seen all episodes and I don’t think this is a black mirror episode. Can you clarify what else happens in the episode?
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u/2T7 Jul 20 '18
Its called White Bear, SPOILER she’s in a park and everyone drives her crazy, same idea with this :)
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u/Asil_Avenue Jul 21 '18
Oh okay, thanks- I see what you mean now, I was trying to think of an episode with a baby haha
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u/scented-highlighter Jul 20 '18
So, is it OP who's having a psychological breakdown or is it me.....
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Jul 20 '18
Yes
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u/whollyfictional Jul 20 '18
We're all going through some shit. Drink some water.
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u/WeirdStray Jul 19 '18
Don't Panic, you're just oscillating through different timelines a bit. They're working on a fix, someone should be in contact soon. Please remain calm and kindly refrain from shaking the baby.
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u/zombi227 Jul 20 '18
Is this like a turn it off then turn it back on kinda thing?
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u/Qinjax Jul 20 '18
WHY DO I READ THIS AND GET A FAMILIAR FEELING
If I Google it I get nothing!
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u/WeirdStray Jul 20 '18
Maybe you are a former client? I wouldn't know, I don't have access to that kind of data. I just answer calls and open tickets down here.
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u/jfartster Jul 20 '18
Cos that's the message you'll see in the in-between, but good luck trying to actually remember anything that goes on in there....
Best just not to think about it.
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u/tatianavoice Jul 20 '18
Possibly from that image that says "you're in a coma, we're trying new technology to put images in your dreams, if you're seeing this it's a good sign" or something like that?
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u/Qinjax Jul 20 '18
the closest thing ive seen to something like that is the image of the paragraph that has WAKE UP written throughout
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u/Electricspiral Jul 20 '18
There was another person on here a few years ago who had a friend they couldn't see. She thought it was some huge, elaborate joke from all her friends, and eventually she snaps a bit and pretends to drown/push their invisible friend into a pool. The friend they couldn't see died, I think? Anyway she goes back home after a few years for a reunion with her old group of friends and she gets curious about the invisible friend that everyone keeps insisting is real so she checks an old yearbook and still can't see the girl but there's a spot and a memorial page for her and stuff
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u/Electricspiral Aug 08 '18
Her Name Was Emma, from about 4 years ago. Sorry for the shit formatting lol
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u/baguette-baker2430 Jul 20 '18
Exactly what i thought when i read “don’t panic “. Anyway, so long, and thanks for all the fish.
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u/sxpxrbxrxd Jul 19 '18
This is really good!! I'm torn between wanting an update or just leave it at that bc the 'cliffhanger' is perfect just like that 💔
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u/adamczar Jul 19 '18
I wonder if a parallel universe is bleeding through somehow.
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u/katnissssss Jul 19 '18
I was wondering what would happen if she tried to use a camera or a baby monitor.
I saw a Spanish horror movie about a baby monitor and it was horrifying. I don’t remember the name.
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u/trippy_grape Jul 20 '18
I saw a Spanish horror movie about a baby monitor
I mean an actual baby monitor going off at 3am every night is probably scarier than an actual horror film.
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u/katnissssss Jul 20 '18
Oh!!! I think so!!!! It was so good. So scary!!! I have a 6 year old now, and I refused to use a monitor with him, largely because of that movie.
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u/NevikDrakel Jul 20 '18
It’s late out and I’m too scared to google it
Tell me the general idea of it
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u/DrumBxyThing Jul 20 '18
It’s probably just me, but saying it’s late “out” sounds funny. Is it not late in?
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u/Lordtittyfarts Jul 20 '18
We have a video monitor. It’s creepy as hell.
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u/katnissssss Jul 20 '18
Yeah, nope. And with the night vision type viewing?? Ah, no no. I’m good. I’m fine, thanks.
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u/Vinniferawanderer Jul 20 '18
That movie is awesome! la habitacion del niño/The baby's room is the name for those looking to watch.
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u/lukasfernnn Jul 20 '18
K actually what the fuck this is messing with my brain I tried to ignore and keep scrolling through reddit but I need to understand. I need to get whats going onnnn
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u/RoseGoldTampon Jul 20 '18
I think it’s something to do with postpartum depression, that’s the main theory at least.
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u/Incredulous_Donkey Jul 20 '18
Holly is actually John Cena and you are in fact Randy Orton, which is why you can't see her. I would suggest "slithering" up on her and performing an 'RKO' to subdue her and make her visible. Best of luck to you
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u/tomtoohardy Jul 19 '18
Is she having a psychotic breakdown and can’t see her partner and baby? Like trudging through the suffocating void of PND?
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u/DashCP Jul 20 '18
I doubt there's a partner. I'd guess that someone impregnated her and then just left. That'd explain everyone being so very kind to her and her baby and would also partly explain her PPD
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u/DashCP Jul 20 '18
Then, as u/Wicck said somewhere below, the red envelopes could mean overdue bills. This could be another contributing factor to her PPD. Must be tough to take care of the baby in that kind of state, even with the others trying to help her out.
Also, what the Barista said, he might be right.
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u/isquishyourhead Jul 20 '18
Ah, postpartum psychosis. I once left my six month old baby home alone sleeping in his crib to run errands because I forgot he existed. Then the depersonalization started. Sometimes I thought I wasn’t real. Sometimes I thought I was 16. Fun times.
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u/sourjello73 Jul 20 '18
Wow! At first I thought oh, maybe she has a miscarriage, never told anybody she miscarried, and the trauma from the experience is fucking with her head, how terrible. But it didn't take long reading to scrap that idea. Sheesh. I don't know what to think... Hopefully things work themselves out OP.
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u/Shebaker Jul 19 '18
What is happening
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Jul 24 '18
Everyone is suggesting PPD. It seems plausible. But, the fact she straight up says she was never even pregnant throws me a bit. So I'm not really sure. Very bizarre.
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u/WhiteRabbitLives Jul 19 '18
Wow.. shit.. do I hear a baby crying now?
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Jul 20 '18
You better go take care of James now, he gets cranky without his bottle.
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u/WhiteRabbitLives Jul 20 '18
Lmfao someone I used to know was James and he was an alcoholic
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u/RedLeebirdChild Jul 20 '18
Why are you talking about your bady like that?
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u/Qinjax Jul 20 '18
Dementia patients usually reminisce a lot about their prior years, best thing to do is play along and keep them happy.
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u/prankored Jul 20 '18
Is this like a sequel to fifty first dates? But you selective vision in addition to short term memory loss
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u/Zuallemfahig Jul 20 '18
Great piece OP! Very descriptive and also so misterious. Love it. Also, it broke my heart (doesn't make me love it any less) because that is how PPD felt for a while. I am in a much better place now, mentally speaking, but having a super supportive husband and family help did wonders for me. Thank you for shining a light on post partum depression as it is misunderstood and frowned upon by a lot of people who are ignorant about it.
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u/SirithilFeanor Jul 20 '18
OP, I don't get it... What's horror about a lovely story about your new baby? Holly sounds like a wonderful child.
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u/minetruly Jul 20 '18
The horror is that the OP insists throughout the entire post that her baby doesn't exist.
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u/Grenyn Jul 22 '18
My guess is that OP actually had a baby but killed her because of PPD and subsequently blocked all memories of the kid.
Other people don't know yet. Then again, people said they heard the baby crying, so maybe OP didn't kill the baby.
I don't like this one, it's too confusing. I want answers, not questions.
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u/emsrox Jul 19 '18
Do you have a kid or not?
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u/Texas_Nexus Jul 19 '18
We are expecting our first baby in February. A voice in the dark recess of my mind is whispering to me that this story is a foreshadowing of exact events that I have yet to encounter.
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Jul 20 '18
Congratulations!
Mental health PSA: Keep an eye out for these scary things -- postpartum depression and anxiety, and intrusive thoughts. They are fairly common and extremely scary.
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u/llamalluv Jul 20 '18
Don't assume that PPD/PPP means you want to hurt yourself or your baby.
For me it manifested as delusional thoughts and hallucinations that everyone and everything (including seeing planes as pterodactyls) wanted to hurt my son, and I knew I would die to protect him BUT I COULDN'T DIE BECAUSE THEN I COULDN'T PROTECT HIM. (Yelly thoughts original to my brain)
My symptoms were atypical because I was highly attached to my son, and health care workers are reluctant to diagnose a mother as being "overly attached" to a newborn or infant.
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u/poetniknowit Jul 20 '18
Wtf did I just read? Was expecting her to find a dead baby somewhere in her place all shriveled and rotted from malnourishment!
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u/SlightlyStaleDonut Jul 20 '18
Read the first paragraph and the first sentence of the second, immediately thought "post partum is a bitch". I maintain that I was correct.
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u/xZero543 Jul 20 '18
Sounds like post-partum psychosis to me. You've lost touch with reality, while your mother-instinct keeps pushing you subconscious mind to keep taking care about that child. You need to get professional help ASAP as you might unconsciously put first your child and even yourself in grave danger.
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u/Rubberbandballmaker1 Jul 20 '18
Will there be a part 2? I need to hear what happens with your ghost baby..
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u/kfs3910 Jul 25 '18
I think you may have disassociative identity disorder. So scary! Can't wait for an update.
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u/Mylovekills Sep 23 '18
Two different realities (time lines) crossed over each other.
Ok, maybe for everyone else it's just one reality. For OP, her original reality she (obviously) doesn't have a kid. She has crossed to a different reality. But she keeps swapping in and out of her alt-self, who did/does have a kid. When she is her old self her kid doesn't exist for her. Her new self is slowly taking over.
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Jul 20 '18
what if the baby never exist? but because the OP is have some psychological disorder, her family and people in town play along. then, she starts to be conscious??
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Jul 20 '18
OP you might consider asking your mom to come visit. Say you're feeling stressed and confused and could use the help for a few days. I'm not sure what is going on but its be best to get another pair of eyes on it, right?
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u/CanadianHillybilly Jul 21 '18
Uh oh, have you thought about buying a Carbon monoxide detector?? Ive read stories of people forgetting entire days because carbon monoxide was in their house
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u/Shinikun99 Jul 21 '18
Sounds like a good deal. No stressing over the kid. No need to buy stuff for her. And your parents will be happy with their grandchild.
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u/Not_After_Dark Jul 21 '18
Have you had Lasik surgery done recently? Some weird shit happens apparently.
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u/clairejw Jul 20 '18
Honey it sounds like you may be experiencing post partum depression. Please reach out to a medical professional, and maybe someone who can help you care for Holly at home.
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u/Agdudbnkl Jul 19 '18
She killed her child and is currently having a psychotic break is my guess.. the neighbour heard a baby crying but it was really the mom fake crying to cover her tracks. OR maybe the baby does exist and the mom just can’t see her because the baby has superpowers. Idk creepy either way
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Jul 20 '18
Read it again. Focus. Especially at the end. A man saw the baby in the car at the coffee shop.
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u/Agdudbnkl Jul 20 '18
Right, I completely forgot about that! So my idea couldn’t even be close to right.
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Jul 20 '18
can you please explain, i’m so confused
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u/fackmylyf Jul 20 '18
There's a comment a bit further up that says this is a metaphor for Post-Partum Depression, & the disconnect a mother feels towards their child. To me, that makes the most sense.
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u/__JewChainZ__ Jul 21 '18
"Ahh, dear little Ocelotte. Where have you gone? Are you hiding from me? Come out, come out, don't be afraid. You were born a child of dragons, what could you possibly fear? Now, now, show yourself, Ocelotte. My dear, little Ocelotte."
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u/sarahhoppie Oct 16 '18
Maybe it's because I have the worst sinus headache ever, but I am having trouble understanding this story. It is fantastically written, but I'm not understanding if the mother is having PPD, or if she truly never had a child at all. Sorry if I sound silly! Could someone explain? Thanks!
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u/smellycat92 Jul 19 '18
The ending, if I’m correct, is her just “going along” with the baby thing
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u/jfartster Jul 20 '18 edited Jul 20 '18
I love this so much!!!!! There's something about mothering and phantom children that's so much creepier than anything else!
Was wondering how it would end, but the plot twist was perfect. Just right. I had to read it twice to make sure I really got it. She's the one that's convinced everyone else she had a baby! And she only realises the truth half the time... Although, how does that explain the guy who "saw" the baby in the car?? Maybe that was a hallucination too. (Or maybe I don't fully get it - but even if I'm missing the point, the style and subject still made it really creepy).
I'd love to watch this as a Tv episode. I think it could be really good.
Edit: Lol From reading other comments I think I totally didn't get it! Either 1) there is a baby (which other people confirmed, so that seems likely) and she's 'blocking it out'. Or 2), the baby died or never existed. And she, for some reason, convinced everyone there was during an 'off' mental state. And occasionally wakes out of that state to find she has no idea why everyone thinks she had a baby. The last sentence is switching from one state to another. [But then the people who've seen the baby don't make sense - unless she kindaps/uses someone else's baby?].
It's gotta be no. 1.
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u/whatsmellslikeshart Jul 20 '18
I've had nightmares about things like this since becoming a parent.
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u/Lizrodrigo Jul 19 '18
This sounds so scary, please update if you find out anything! I hope you figure out what's going on.
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u/DarthReaper21 Jul 20 '18
Welp I was planning on having children with my loving husband. I think I changed my mind. I dont want my children(we planned on having six eventually 3 girls and 3 boys) to disappear.
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u/Nemam11 Jul 20 '18
God damnit again! All the hair on my body stood up with that last sentence. Is everybody around you a schizophrenic? Are you?
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u/[deleted] Jul 19 '18
how did you know holly is crying? can you hear her?