The Hallucinations Thread!

[TiredPhil]

I had an amazingly clear image this morning. Highly symmetrical, and not changing. Stayed in my field of vision for at least 20 seconds. thumbnail.jpg

[RavenOfShadow]

I don't talk about this much, but when I was in high school I had a terrible case of Lyme's Disease, a disease you get from Deer Ticks. I ran a fever of 104 for about two months, and couldn't eat anything solid because it stole my appetite. I was basically on the verge of death, because the doctors couldn't figure out what was wrong with me (Lyme's Disease is dangerous because it can hide from tests basically up until it finishes you off.) The last few days before they finally found out what was wrong, I began to have hallucinations of blurred figures standing around my bed, gazing down at me. At first I was frightened, but they always made me feel better and more relaxed... But then I would panic because I began to believe they were angels, or spirits, that were going to take me... Away. Another hallucination, and these were all before I fell asleep or woke up, was when I woke up from a fevered sleep. I opened my eyes to the smell of salt air, and I found myself on a beach. My bed was there, and I was still in it, but for miles was a white sand beach and a blue ocean. It felt utterly real, and I thought it was the afterlife, which made me sob (not afraid to admit it), and when I looked back up it was my room again. Not sure if those count, because technically it was a physical disease, but it was before and after sleep so... Cool thread. ~Raven

[paigeyemps]

Raven that sounds pretty cool! Not the disease, that was horrible and i'm glad you're okay But those hallucinations seem vivid and amazing to experience. ¯\_(°‿°)_/¯

[TiredPhil]

I have just had one of the most stressfull days of my adult life. Yesterday, and today Police took my vehicle, and crushed it because I was missing a bumper sticker ( L plate ) Got screwed over by insurance company, who will be keeping 70% of yearly premium for two months cover. Also had to pay over £150.00 to have my own vehicle smashed to pieces. If no pay, I would owe an extra £40.00 per day. Also got a fine for no bumper sticker. ( Another £ 60.00 ) Also got penalty points on licence, which means future insurance cover will double Also directed to wrong police station to hand over documents. As you can imagine, I went to bed last night ( 4am ) very tired, and in an almost rage like state. Had to get up this morning after 3 hours sleep, and deal with all this. On to the hallucination bit. At 7am, the alarm went off, and I woke up. But no bedroom to see. I was suddenly in a room sitting at a desk. I thought to myself, I must have fallen asleep again, but I was wide awake, and wondering how this was all possible. This was quite disturbing, as all the room details were unchanging, and quite clear A person suddenly appeared, sitting opposite. He was not clear to see, and seemed out of focus. No matter how I tried, he could not be seen clearly. He asked me why I was so angry, and what had happened, but my reply seemed to be of no interest to him, and he allowed me to become fully conscious. Very short, but very clear.

[Graywolf]

I'm surprised by all that I'm reading here, because my hypnagogic hallucinations have always only been voices. Usually they're miscellaneous voices saying unrelated things, but sometimes they'll be having a conversation or talking to me. Only once or twice were they my own voice. It's a bit different each time, I guess. When I'm really low on sleep, sometimes when I look at shadows, I'll see them curl and retract. When I look away and look back, they're normal again, and then they'll repeat the warping movements. It's kind of hard to explain. This next part doesn't really count as hypnagogic, but at the time I thought it was fascinating: I was sitting on the floor in the bathroom after a shower with the heater on, waiting for the warm air to dry me off and just kind of relaxing since I didn't have anything to do that day. I had a song from Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog stuck in my head. After a while, I realized that it sounded a bit like I was actually hearing the song. At first I thought I was imagining it, then I thought that someone must be watching said musical in another room, but when the song ended, I imagined some other Dr. Horrible songs, and then some songs that were unrelated, and still I heard them, but it was just on the edge of hearing, like the music was far away. Then, I realized - It was the heater! The static noise of the heater was allowing me to hallucinated whatever sounds I wanted. It was pretty fun to be able to listen to whatever song came to mind. I even tried hearing my own thought-voice through it, and that worked too. So I guess that's what it's like to hallucinate with white noise.

[paigeyemps]

*hugs TiredPhil* Did you definitely wake up or was it maybe a full-on dream? And how did it end?

[TiredPhil]

*hugs TiredPhil* Did you definitely wake up or was it maybe a full-on dream? And how did it end? I was awake one moment, then in this strange room. The dream/hallucination, or whatever it was, just ended as soon as the figure showed his lack of concern. A bit like someone telling you they have some very important information, then when you get the info' it was not that important after all. That is the impression I got from the figure. He was concerned about what I had to say, but as soon as I told him what happened, that was the end of the event. Very quick end

[Scionox]

I did once entered WILD thanks to HH of hearing somebody entering the room and then trying really hard to wake me up, haha.

[gab]

I had an amazingly clear image this morning. Highly symmetrical, and not changing. Stayed in my field of vision for at least 20 seconds. thumbnail.jpg These sound so blah to the uninitiated, but boy, are they beautifull! Last few days, I keep feeling someone's touch on my back. Not in HH, but in dreams. The feeling is so real, I'm thinking I'm feeling it as I would feel tactile HH. Don't really wanna think about what it is, if you know what I mean.

[TiredPhil]

These sound so blah to the uninitiated, but boy, are they beautifull! Last few days, I keep feeling someone's touch on my back. Not in HH, but in dreams. The feeling is so real, I'm thinking I'm feeling it as I would feel tactile HH. Don't really wanna think about what it is, if you know what I mean. Do you have a pet that sleeps in same room as you ?

[Buckey]

You guys act as if half of these hallucinations are no big deal. I'd be frieghtened to death if anyone of these happened to me. Do you guys....just get use to it? o.O Does your heart ever start beating from being scared?

[gab]

Do you have a pet that sleeps in same room as you ? Lol, good point. I sure do Will have to have a talk to stop inducing scary ass dreams. You guys act as if half of these hallucinations are no big deal. I'd be frieghtened to death if anyone of these happened to me. Do you guys....just get use to it? Does your heart ever start beating from being scared? Most of the time I'm already too far alseep to give a damn. And I just think to myself "oh, there you are". You must understand they can't hurt you. Fill your mind with pleasant thoughts and you are likely to not have anything scary happening.

[paigeyemps]

You guys act as if half of these hallucinations are no big deal. I'd be frieghtened to death if anyone of these happened to me. Do you guys....just get use to it? o.O Does your heart ever start beating from being scared? Hallucinations, in my opinion, are the second most beautiful thing about sleep (next to lucid dreaming ofc). It's one of those things where, unless you let yourself experience, you wouldn't understand the awesomeness of. At first they can all seem pretty frightening, hell, it still is sometimes. But once you understand and remind yourself it's harmless and it's wonderful, you will surely want more.

[intheworldofnim]

Hallucinations, in my opinion, are the second most beautiful thing about sleep (next to lucid dreaming ofc). It's one of those things where, unless you let yourself experience, you wouldn't understand the awesomeness of. At first they can all seem pretty frightening, hell, it still is sometimes. But once you understand and remind yourself it's harmless and it's wonderful, you will surely want more. I like the creepy ones, while they are scary, they are something to remember and they are almost like the voices or images you see/hear in movies when they try to portray voices and images schizophrenics hear/see and others. I remember this one time during sleep paralysis, it was the creepiest hallucination I ever had. right before I was about to fall asleep into a lucid dream, I remembered that I was in an uncomfortable position which would make the transition into the dream kinda hectic and uncomfortable so I hurried to try and get out of it but sleep paralysis had already hit before I could make it out. When I tried getting out, I yield "NO NO NO" in my head and then I was treated to what sounded like a thousand voices yelling NO in my head which echoed back and forth and got louder and louder each time. If you could imagine how they would portray a thousand voices in your mind yelling no in a movie, your simulation of that event would probably be pretty accurate to what actually happened to me because it sounded exactly how one would portray it if it where a scene in a film. I mean it had the echoes and everything. I like this one mainly because it was exactly how a movie would portray it which added to the creep factor.

[TiredPhil]

I seem to be posting in this thread quite a lot !!!!!!!! Last night I was trying out a meditation technique which is supposed to give answers to problems. I started with a question in my mind, and kept asking the same thing over, and over. "Why am I not happy, and what is the cause of my suffering ?" I ask the question in a calm manner, then wait a while for an answer. If no answer comes, I just ask again. I tried this method for only ten min's when I heard a very loud, strong voice say to me. "I am your varacious appetite" The answer seems to indicate that I can never be satisfied with what I have. Then I realised, this answer applies to nearly everyone on the planet. We all want 'things' but once they are acquired, a new want appears. This applies to goods, money, property, relationships, in fact everything. Looks like the buddists have it right when they say Attachment to possesions is a cause of suffering.

[MissyDawhMajii]

Once I think I imagioned hearing the devil speak into my ear. It was scaaary... XD;

[DarkFlatTop]

I always have auditory hallucinations of people talking. I take it as a good sign since it means that im falling asleep. Usually i cant understand what they are saying because if i try to focus on it, it will go away. I rarely have hallucinations relating to other senses while falling asleep. Although back when i was trying out astral projection i would get vibrations,(if you can call them that, more like earthquakes). I remember the whole bed would be shaking like the house was possessed. Now hypnopompic hallucinations happen much less often for me, but when they do they often have something to do with shapes and patterns. I remember two days ago my dad woke me up, and there were images of these huge blocks in a dark space. The blocks were dark as well with hints of deep blue, but i still knew there position and form, and they were actively fitting together; and it felt as if each movement meant something.

[DarkFlatTop]

Then, I realized - It was the heater! The static noise of the heater was allowing me to hallucinated whatever sounds I wanted. It was pretty fun to be able to listen to whatever song came to mind. I even tried hearing my own thought-voice through it, and that worked too. So I guess that's what it's like to hallucinate with white noise. I like to think that this is why singing in the shower is so popular; there are hundreds of droplets falling and you can here any beat through them.

[Jacob528491]

I had a hypnopompic hallucination the morning after thanksgiving, while my cousins were at our house. Basically, I had to sleep on my parent's room's floor and as I was waking up I heard my parents talking to my uncle. My mom said something like "I can't wait to eat that pumpkin pie we have!" then my dad and uncle said "but you can't eat it, remember?", to which my mom replied "oh,right, aww I was really looking forward to eating that.". I dismissed the conversation, and I opened my eyes soon after. I noticed my dad was in the room, so I asked him if He had talked to mom about pie. He said that no one had talked to anyone since they were all still asleep. It kinda weirded me out, but it was a really cool experience.

[Silvernighthawk]

After several nights of hearing random voices and trying to remember what they said, I have finally gathered some weird things I have heard while falling asleep: "Take a fabric of the tomach civilians." "Chocolate covered almonds...over there." "You know, we have a torrible on this test." "We can use the chicken water to rebuild the town."

[paigeyemps]

After several nights of hearing random voices and trying to remember what they said, I have finally gathered some weird things I have heard while falling asleep: "Take a fabric of the tomach civilians." "Chocolate covered almonds...over there." "You know, we have a torrible on this test." "We can use the chicken water to rebuild the town." Hahahaha definitely random Auditory hypnopompic hallucination I had this morning: "Don't even think about hitting C minor." in Spongebob's voice.

[Deelo]

Reading some of these experiences kind of makes me scared to WILD. O_o But at times when I try to WILD I feel like Im getting massaged,and it kind of creeps me out but relaxes me. And almost every time I try to WILD,I always have a feeling of falling. This happens about 3 times. I get small visions of me walking up stairs,and then tripping and falling,other hallucinations are of me walking on a block and me tripping. And I'm a basketball player,so I get hallucinations of me playing a game and someone passing me the ball,and it feels really real,I feel like I actually caught the ball in my hands.

[IStoleYourGirl]

Kids laughing I think. A feeling of a bug with lots of legs crawling on me. Strange people with glowing eyes. (With eyes closed) Someone saying my name. Others I can't think of.

[dutchraptor]

I kept hearing my name being called and then I would stand up to check and I would realize it was only in my head. I've ruined so much attempts because of this or thinking I can hear a cat cry outside my window

[DarkFlatTop]

two nights ago as i was trying to fall asleep; i heard a ticking sound, like that of a clock in a machine. It sounded like it was coming from right behind my bedhead(headrest?). I made note of it, and the next morning i woke up and checked to see if my bed was bugged. Thankfully it wasn't....