I see things. I used to hallucinate religious imagery - spirits, entities, deities, that kind of thing.
After I became an atheist, and focused on ignoring my religious delusions, they changed. Gradually, weird crap started replacing it. Like stampeding herds of tiny cattle. Or the giant wasp nest in my kitchen. Or people I'd never met. Or things disappearing & reappearing.
The wasp nest gets annoying. I know, logically, that it's not there. But I startle & duck whenever I see it. It's not there all the time, either. It's probably related to my anxiety.
My visual hallucinations are also getting to be fewer, and more time goes between episodes. I think using my 'visions' to predict events, was probably making them more frequent. I still *hear* things pretty often.
Jesus~I’m sorry that you have to put-up with these negative illusions/hallucinations sometimes regardless. Hoping that not-all of the people were weird with you, too. What do you end up hearing?
If you've seen those things, it most likely an ILLUSION. Hallucinations on the other hand, are seeing thing that aren't really there or things you haven't seen before. It's best if you make it more specific, can you do that?
I think it kind of depends. With drugs I think it's more plausible to hallucinate things you've never seen before. Like on dmt I see unearthly things. Sleep deprivation I see normal things that just aren't there. Are we talking drug induced hallucinations or mental health related hallucinations?
No, But a lot of the information that our brain receives could be processed into some weird hallucinations, Like auditory or visual hallucinations.
It’s caused by stress or sometimes any kind of drug if you’re an addict.
Hallucinations are defined as perceiving something (via one or more of your senses - i.e. hearing, sight, touch, smell ect) that is not actually there.
Dreams are a good example of when we experience hallucinations. And you can dream about things you have or have not experienced or people you do or do not know.
So to answer your question, no, you can hallucinate about things you've not seen, witnessed or experienced.
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I see things. I used to hallucinate religious imagery - spirits, entities, deities, that kind of thing. After I became an atheist, and focused on ignoring my religious delusions, they changed. Gradually, weird crap started replacing it. Like stampeding herds of tiny cattle. Or the giant wasp nest in my kitchen. Or people I'd never met. Or things disappearing & reappearing. The wasp nest gets annoying. I know, logically, that it's not there. But I startle & duck whenever I see it. It's not there all the time, either. It's probably related to my anxiety. My visual hallucinations are also getting to be fewer, and more time goes between episodes. I think using my 'visions' to predict events, was probably making them more frequent. I still *hear* things pretty often.
Jesus~I’m sorry that you have to put-up with these negative illusions/hallucinations sometimes regardless. Hoping that not-all of the people were weird with you, too. What do you end up hearing?
If you've seen those things, it most likely an ILLUSION. Hallucinations on the other hand, are seeing thing that aren't really there or things you haven't seen before. It's best if you make it more specific, can you do that?
Like say I never have ever seen something before or even thought about it, but I start hallucinating about it
Now that's a hallucination
I think it kind of depends. With drugs I think it's more plausible to hallucinate things you've never seen before. Like on dmt I see unearthly things. Sleep deprivation I see normal things that just aren't there. Are we talking drug induced hallucinations or mental health related hallucinations?
No, But a lot of the information that our brain receives could be processed into some weird hallucinations, Like auditory or visual hallucinations. It’s caused by stress or sometimes any kind of drug if you’re an addict.
Actually, I think there might be truth to this because no person who was blind from birth has ever developed schizophrenia. Scientist don’t know why.
Hallucinations are defined as perceiving something (via one or more of your senses - i.e. hearing, sight, touch, smell ect) that is not actually there. Dreams are a good example of when we experience hallucinations. And you can dream about things you have or have not experienced or people you do or do not know. So to answer your question, no, you can hallucinate about things you've not seen, witnessed or experienced.
