Hello all, I recently watched a video about Austin Harrouff, and recalled my younger brother experiencing somewhat of the same thing in his younger years.
I won’t be detailing names, but my ‘little’ brother is about a year and a half younger, and often confided in me while we grew up together. One of the most prominent things he would tell me about, are his awful nightmares, and hearing sounds in his closet. Sensing his concern, I would always tell him that it was my attempts at playing a prank.
This no longer worked when he got into highschool, with his hallucinations persisting into his nightmares, which seemed to only get worse every night. He started to smoke, and was more aggressive during this time. Later on it was because he was telling me he kept seeing demons and was afraid for his life, sinking him into a depression. I could understand why he wouldn’t tell our parents, as they would have likely just made him consult a pastor with no mental health knowledge.
These days he is fine, and we are closer than ever. He still smokes, but it’s not as much of necessity anymore. But it’s strange how these symptoms abruptly vanished all at once.
What could this be? I can’t say how long it persisted, but it started as soon as he was able to talk and stopped as a senior in highschool.