It started with a head injury and a sudden, perfect life that felt too good to question. Then he noticed the lamp familiar, but wrong. Its warped presence cracked open the illusion around him. He lived for years in that life, with a wife and children he loved deeply, only to be ripped back into reality and the cold truth that it had all unraveled in a single moment of unconsciousness; and now, awake and alone, he grieves people who never existed. It’s a story once shared by a stranger on Reddit. Its raw, unsettling, and went viral. A story of living an entire life in a only minutes while unconcious, only to be brought back here not knowing which world is truly real.

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