Human Stuff

Quick explanation You can watch it happen in real time. Someone starts filling out a form at a hospital reception desk, or signing a receipt in a crowded store, and their neat handwriting shrinks. Letters get cramped. Lines press harder into the paper. This isn’t one single event tied to one place. It shows up…

Quick explanation Why a smell can bring back a whole scene A whiff of sunscreen can drop someone back into a specific summer. Someone else catches fresh coffee and suddenly it’s a kitchen they haven’t seen in years. This isn’t tied to one single place or event. It shows up everywhere, from subway platforms in…

You can hear a voice and not hear the room In a packed bar, you can follow your friend’s sentence while the table behind you sounds like mush.

You can be in a normal place—an elevator in Tokyo, a job interview in London, a first date in New York—and then the talking stops.

That sudden itch that arrived from nowhere Someone says “lice” in a classroom and a few people start scratching.

That slow start after the alarm Some mornings, you sit up, look at your phone, and the numbers don’t quite click yet. It isn’t tied to one place or event.

The tiny freeze people notice You glance from your phone to the clock on the wall and the first tick after you look seems to hang there.

It starts before you notice it You’re on a commuter train, scrolling, and someone across the aisle yawns.

That moment when the name won’t come It’s not tied to one place or event.

It sounds like it shouldn’t be possible: a leg is gone, but the foot still itches. This isn’t tied to one place or event.