What do hallucinations mean?

[Tasca]

So if dreams are sometimes representing problems, sometimes helping people get over stuff and other things, what do hallucinations mean? I've heard some weird noises and conversations during hypnagogia. I know they can't just be random though, since I've learned how advanced the subconscious is. So could anyone explain it to me?

[Phased]

I'd strongly recommend watching this video if you're interested in learning something about this topic. EDIT; If you want to further discuss these things, feel free to PM Me, I'd love to discuss this sort of thing with someone.

[Conscience]

I heard hallucinations occur if there's a lack of stimuli There's an experiment you can try: Get some earplugs and a ping pong ball, cut the ball in 2 half spheres, attach those to your eyes and put the earplugs in your ears, then lay down for 20 minutes or so since there's no light and no sounds, you just start to hallucinate (see flashes, patterns, faces and hear noises)

[Phased]

I heard hallucinations occur if there's a lack of stimuli There's an experiment you can try: Get some earplugs and a ping pong ball, cut the ball in 2 half spheres, attach those to your eyes and put the earplugs in your ears, then lay down for 20 minutes or so since there's no light and no sounds, you just start to hallucinate (see flashes, patterns, faces and hear noises) Will be trying this, do I keep my eyes open or closed? " Step 1: Turn the radio to a station with just white noise (static), and put on your headphones. Step 2: Cut the ping-pong ball in half and tape each half over your eyes. Step 3: Turn the red light so it's facing your eyes. Step 4: Sit there for at least a half an hour. Step 5: Follow Ben Franklin and your new friend, Harold the unicorn, into the gumdrop forest, and live happily ever after. Read more: http://www.cracked.com/article/127_5...#ixzz2zUvIFpDw "

[Conscience]

uhm, I think it doesn't matter. you can look it up and search a tutorial, it's called Ganzfeld effect/procedure. oh, and I think it works even better if you use some white noise with headphones

[Phased]

uhm, I think it doesn't matter. you can look it up and search a tutorial, it's called Ganzfeld effect/procedure. oh, and I think it works even better if you use some white noise with headphones Cheers dude.

[kadie]

Hypnogogia is hallucinations. Its the same thing. Some people hear or smell things. Some people feel a touch of an unseen hand. Some people just see colors ans patterns.

[Phased]

Hypnogogia is hallucinations. Its the same thing. Some people hear or smell things. Some people feel a touch of an unseen hand. Some people just see colors ans patterns. I think what the OP Was trying to ask is; "What causes what we see when we hallucinate?"

[kadie]

Goes to google. Hypnagogic Hallucinations | Hypnogogic Hallucinations Treatments

[EbbTide000]

Goes to google. Hypnagogic Hallucinations | Hypnogogic Hallucinations Treatments Here kadie, is the most important paragraph in the "linked" article (me thinks). *** Hallucinations associated to normal sleeping and waking are not a cause for concern. ***

[kadie]

Here kadie, is the most important paragraph in the "linked" article (me thinks). *** Hallucinations associated to normal sleeping and waking are not a cause for concern. *** Exactly havago. Thank you. I would also add to the OP that there is not really anything to interpret from hypnogogic hallucinations. Stay with interpreting your actual dreams.

[Tasca]

I'd strongly recommend watching this video if you're interested in learning something about this topic. EDIT; If you want to further discuss these things, feel free to PM Me, I'd love to discuss this sort of thing with someone. That was very interesting. The cartoon hallucinations seem really cool, I wonder how advanced they are. Like is there an actual story going on or if the characters are just flashing around in different scenes

[snoop]

So if dreams are sometimes representing problems, sometimes helping people get over stuff and other things, what do hallucinations mean? I've heard some weird noises and conversations during hypnagogia. I know they can't just be random though, since I've learned how advanced the subconscious is. So could anyone explain it to me? I have a few questions to ask you. The first question, why do you assume that people's assumption that dreams represent a problem in one's life is true? The second question, why does that line of logic lead you to believe any such information can and should be derived from hallucinations? My third question, why do you deny the possibility that your hallucinations could be random given how advanced the subconscious is? Fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh question, why do you believe the subconscious is "advanced" or a singular entity at all, and what does that have to do with whether your hallucinations are random or that the subconscious controls your hallucinations? Your brain is very complicated. Think of all the associations you make in a given spoken sentence, let alone even making sense of what you're seeing at any given moment of time. How do you know what a dog is? Or a tree? A stop sign? Grass? Your brain's meaning for all of those things, their essence, are connected. When you see a tree your brain automatically knows of bark, the color green, brown, yellow, red, leaves, dirt, roots, leaves, possibly tree houses, wood, the feeling of all those different things, how they sound, what they taste like... everything, all in one. You cannot understand what a tree "is" or discern it from its immediate surroundings without all of this background knowledge. Why is it that hallucinations are not merely manifestations of this knowledge in your perception. It's not supposed to be there, but the brain isn't perfect, stuff happens. Why can't what you hear at night when you hear conversations going on be a byproduct of the brains natural process of forming perceptions merely noticed under scrutiny? Why could it not be the associations you're brain has made throughout the day from hearing other conversations merged with things you heard through out the day? Why could it not be random, or at the same time guided by you? There's no good reason it can't, it doesn't make sense to say it can't be random, nor does it make sense to try and derive any useful meaning out of it like a problem you've been having that your "subconscious" is trying to tell you about.

[Dthoughts]

All I know about random songs that start playing in my head. Which happens alot. is that the lyrics tend to be connected with the state of mind that I am currently in. The strange thing is is that these songs are not consciously choosen and are sometimes songs that I have not thought about for years. And usually, a lot of the times happen when I just wake up from a dream. But could just as well happen during the day. Voices etc. puzzle me more-so because they do not Always make sense. Everybody has the ability to hear voices (afaik), my friend coined it the term 'echoes'. But for me 'voices' tend to (sometimes) turn into visual hallucination and speak to me. They almost Always are influenced by what happens during the day though and I certainly do suspect that these hallucinations and dreamings are related.

[Tasca]

I have a few questions to ask you. The first question, why do you assume that people's assumption that dreams represent a problem in one's life is true? The second question, why does that line of logic lead you to believe any such information can and should be derived from hallucinations? My third question, why do you deny the possibility that your hallucinations could be random given how advanced the subconscious is? Fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh question, why do you believe the subconscious is "advanced" or a singular entity at all, and what does that have to do with whether your hallucinations are random or that the subconscious controls your hallucinations? Your brain is very complicated. Think of all the associations you make in a given spoken sentence, let alone even making sense of what you're seeing at any given moment of time. How do you know what a dog is? Or a tree? A stop sign? Grass? Your brain's meaning for all of those things, their essence, are connected. When you see a tree your brain automatically knows of bark, the color green, brown, yellow, red, leaves, dirt, roots, leaves, possibly tree houses, wood, the feeling of all those different things, how they sound, what they taste like... everything, all in one. You cannot understand what a tree "is" or discern it from its immediate surroundings without all of this background knowledge. Why is it that hallucinations are not merely manifestations of this knowledge in your perception. It's not supposed to be there, but the brain isn't perfect, stuff happens. Why can't what you hear at night when you hear conversations going on be a byproduct of the brains natural process of forming perceptions merely noticed under scrutiny? Why could it not be the associations you're brain has made throughout the day from hearing other conversations merged with things you heard through out the day? Why could it not be random, or at the same time guided by you? There's no good reason it can't, it doesn't make sense to say it can't be random, nor does it make sense to try and derive any useful meaning out of it like a problem you've been having that your "subconscious" is trying to tell you about. I just thought they were like dreams since I have only had them from waking up after REM or entering it. I hardly know anything about this, so I can't really make an argument, I just assumed