Board Thread:Off Topic/@comment-24694044-20140321201817/@comment-24077689-20140321204811

When I was 18-months-old I contracted the RSV virus, which is common in infants but uncommon in children that old. It caused really severe damage to my throat, scar tissue, the whole bit. I almost died. It also caused reactionary closing of my airways until I was 12.

The medication I was put on to help with the swelling and closing of my airways was a steroid that I later looked up when I was in high school. It turns out a common side effect of the medication is audio-hallucinations. Often during my childhood I suffered from severe audio-hallucinations, often voices telling me that "it was my fault" and loud banging sounds like doors slamming in wind. I don't know what that means or why they said that. But to a child who had no idea what was going on, I thought I was crazy, and it was a genuinely terrifying experience.

Now I know why it happened, but I'd say that was one of the creepiest things I experienced because it occured at random intervals and I was on the medication for a few years. I was afraid something was coming to get me or I was crazy so I never spoke to my parents about it.