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[–] sundray@lemmus.org 24 points 3 days ago (3 children)

A common hallucination that people see when they OD on Benedryl: https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/the-hatman

[–] rain_enjoyer@sopuli.xyz 18 points 3 days ago (1 children)

not just bendaryl or dxm or whatever else, people get out of their trip what have put in their heads beforehand. if you read about hat man a lot you will see hat man

[–] TherapyGary@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 3 days ago

Not just trips, and not just if you've heard of him. I saw the hat man a lot during a 2 week psychotic episode as a teenager, and didn't learn he had a name and countless artist renderings until several years later. He's seen across cultures and times.

[–] terranoid@lemmy.cafe 14 points 3 days ago (2 children)

He's seen in many other situations too. Benadryl is just super commonly known.

Someone I talked to online said they saw him multiple times in their life sober, and every time there'd be a death in the family or really bad thing would happen. They didn't see him as evil, just as an omen/warning.

[–] Danarchy@lemmy.nz 14 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I done seent this guy when sleep-paralyzed, but in my case it was my brain misinterpreting a coat hanging on my bedroom door

[–] Drusas@fedia.io 6 points 3 days ago

I've been there. But my mind always interpreted it as a semi-humanoid/semi-formless demon. Definitely no hat.

[–] CorrectAlias@piefed.blahaj.zone 6 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I haven't seen a hat man, but I get migraine with aura and sometimes "see" a moving shadow sort of shaped like a person out of the corner of my eye. Of course, if I try to look directly, there's nothing there.

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 5 points 3 days ago (1 children)

yeah, my sleep paralysis demon looks more like Cousin Itt (without the hat) and gets arms as the occasion warrants (stealing things, making tea, i'm trying to remember. we've spent some time together but it's been a while)

[–] Drusas@fedia.io 2 points 2 days ago

Mine is just a dark, shadowy and indistinct humanoid presence.

[–] Drusas@fedia.io 3 points 3 days ago

I experience this but never saw it as a man in a hat. Interesting.