Thread: hearing voices :o

i haven't

and i've expeirienced a lot

I think I've seen a thread on this before, and I think I remember someone metioning that sounds are normal when going through HI

hey, I get that all the time, especially when in SP, nothing to worry about

Hmm, it might be SP stuff but if you're getting it while you're just lying there still pretty awake, I get this too. I get it when i'm tired and have heard the same people talking in a particularly stand-out-ish (w00t, new word!) way throughout the day. Ya cant get them to shut up! >.<

do you listen to music alot? if you do, its only a theory, but your mind could be so used to music that it might focus on it more than visual images, so instead of your dream starting with images it could leave them out and play sound instaed.

actually i wake up sometimes and hear a voice from the dream come from somewhere in my room. doesnt happen too often, but it always scares the crap outta me.

Actually, this morning I'm sure I imagined my mum telling me to wake up, this morning

I've had it happened. Though its voices of people I know, and the order they come in make abosolutely no sense... like

"I told you I'd win, that orange tasted really light, you know its always funny, etc"

None of it ever makes sense

Your brain is just dumping/throwing around random things (that were somehow related to what happened that day).

Originally posted by the real pieman
do you listen to music alot? if you do, its only a theory, but your mind could be so used to music that it might focus on it more than visual images, so instead of your dream starting with images it could leave them out and play sound instaed.

That's an interesting theory. I'm studying Music Technology and tend to pay much more attention to sounds than images in waking life... I suppose it would make sense that that would cross over into my imagination...

: )

I sometimes hear voices during waking life, when I'm tired, or in total silence, the voices fill in the empty spaces in my mind. I never get them while I sleep or rest though, unless they come with an image like a face or person. Odd.

As was said before, auditory hallucinations during Sleep Paralysis are common, as are other kinds, such as visual hallucinations. Seeing as Hypnagogic Imagery (no, I don't know why I'm capitalizing all these terms) and SP go hand in hand, it's probably caused by that.

This is what the Wikipedia article on sleep paralysis says about...

Accompanying hallucinations
Many report hallucinations during episodes of sleep paralysis. The features of these hallucinations generally vary by individual, but some are more common to the experience than others:

Most common

Vividness *
Fear *
Common

Sensing a "presence" (often malevolent) *
Pressure/weight on body (especially the chest). See for example the painting in the beginning of this article. *
A sensation of not being able to breathe *
Impending sense of doom/death *
Fairly common

Auditory hallucinations (often footsteps or indistinct voices, or pulsing noises). Auditory hallucinations which are described as noise instead of hallucinations of legible sounds, are often described to be similar to auditory hallucinations caused by Nitrous Oxide by persons who have experienced both. *
Visual hallucinations such as lights, people or shadows walking around the room *
Less common

Floating sensation (sometimes associated with out-of-body experiences) *
Seemingly seamless transition into full hallucinations or dreaming, also associated with out-of-body experiences *
Tactile hallucinations (such as a hand touching or grabbing) *
Rare

Falling sensation *
Vibration *
Involuntary movements (sometimes the feeling of sliding off of the bed or even up walls).[/b]

I'm not talking about when you try to WILD, I mean just as you're falling asleep normally. It doesn't happen everytime but sometimes when I'm falling asleep,[/b]

well, there is no difference between falling asleep and trying WILD except the intent to remain aware as it happens if you happen to maintain some level of awareness as you start to drift off it is not surprising that you will experience hypnagogic auditory hallucinations.

i hear such auditory hallucinations about equally when i am trying to WILD, and simply aware by chance in a similar state of wakefullness/sleep.

Would be nice to know I'm not completely insane, hehe *[/b]

tough cookies...we are all insane here...