👉 An 'after image' is like a super-powered memory that plays out in your mind after watching something really intense or bizarre. It's a mental echo, but not quite like a haunting – more like a twisted, sardonic remake of the original scene, complete with a dash of your personal outrage.
Here's an unsettling example: "After watching the horror movie where a clown made a face out of a rat's brain, my after image is of me in a neon-lit carnival, screaming at the sound of a dripping faucet, while wearing a tattered clown suit and holding a bat-shaped flashlight."
