High Fever causes horrifying Dream/Hullicination.. what is it?

[winstea21]

I've tried searching but its so hard for me to explain it. Hopefully somebody else knows what this is that I am experiencing. I know there has to be more people because I have a friend who has told me he has the same exact experiences. For me, this only happens when I am sick with a high fever. Its probably happened 4-5 times in which I've recalled. I go to sleep and then I wake up. I wake up to this horrible feeling that I have to finish a TASK that I know is IMPOSSIBLE... but yet, I have no idea what the task is. I just have the feeling in my body that I have to do something... (i dont know what) but something that is VERY VERY VERY IMPOSSIBLE. I know it sounds crazy, but thats the best way I can explain it. It usually last for about 5 minutes, but if I'm really sick it can last for a lot longer.. say, 15 mins. Sometimes when this happens I see weird shapes. I can't remember is I'm seeing it while sleeping or right after I wake up. Usually its simple square shapes or something of that nature. Does anybody know what this is?!

[The Cusp]

See this thread. http://www.dreamviews.com/community/...ad.php?t=29794

[Universal Mind]

I've tried searching but its so hard for me to explain it. Hopefully somebody else knows what this is that I am experiencing. I know there has to be more people because I have a friend who has told me he has the same exact experiences. For me, this only happens when I am sick with a high fever. Its probably happened 4-5 times in which I've recalled. I go to sleep and then I wake up. I wake up to this horrible feeling that I have to finish a TASK that I know is IMPOSSIBLE... but yet, I have no idea what the task is. I just have the feeling in my body that I have to do something... (i dont know what) but something that is VERY VERY VERY IMPOSSIBLE. I know it sounds crazy, but thats the best way I can explain it. It usually last for about 5 minutes, but if I'm really sick it can last for a lot longer.. say, 15 mins. Sometimes when this happens I see weird shapes. I can't remember is I'm seeing it while sleeping or right after I wake up. Usually its simple square shapes or something of that nature. Does anybody know what this is?! That stuff happens in a salvia divinorum trip.

[Ailos]

When you have a high fever, enzymatic action all over your body begins to slow or fail all-together (this is a reason why people die from hyperthermia; enzymes fail to function at high temperatures). In the brain, this causes an unbalanced level of certain neurotransmitters and other psychoactive compounds due to the lack of enzyme function needed to break down or create them. When this occurs, hallucinations, 'stroke' (due to heat), and other odd feelings begin to surface. Eventually, if the fever continues to rise, delirium, loss of consciousness, coma, or death can occur. If you try to cool off, say take a cool shower for a while or go swimming in a cool pool, then things should start to get back to normal. Just be careful to have someone there if the fever is really serious, as thermal shock or unconsciousness while in a pool can be a bad mix if alone. Hope that helps! -Scott

[gooner_85]

I've tried searching but its so hard for me to explain it. Hopefully somebody else knows what this is that I am experiencing. I know there has to be more people because I have a friend who has told me he has the same exact experiences. For me, this only happens when I am sick with a high fever. Its probably happened 4-5 times in which I've recalled. I go to sleep and then I wake up. I wake up to this horrible feeling that I have to finish a TASK that I know is IMPOSSIBLE... but yet, I have no idea what the task is. I just have the feeling in my body that I have to do something... (i dont know what) but something that is VERY VERY VERY IMPOSSIBLE. I know it sounds crazy, but thats the best way I can explain it. It usually last for about 5 minutes, but if I'm really sick it can last for a lot longer.. say, 15 mins. Sometimes when this happens I see weird shapes. I can't remember is I'm seeing it while sleeping or right after I wake up. Usually its simple square shapes or something of that nature. Does anybody know what this is?! lol sounds like a mushroom trip

[Lemm1w1nkz]

When I was ten I had the worst case of the flu I have ever had. I was in the worst amount of pain, each day slipped into the next as I sat in my room. All I can remember is this image of some sort of ominous castle with a winding road going up to it. I just watched... I am really sorry, just thinking about it in this much detail is hurting me. PM me if you want the rest of the story. [EDIT] I think I can do it, I will try to write the whole thing. I remember just watching as this man rode up this rode on a scooter, during a storm. And next to me was this extremely muscular person standing next to me screaming at the top of his lungs. The scream was not physically loud, it just invoked fear, it had the same feeling as a ringing in my ears but it was a scream. It is so unbelievably horrifying to even think about it... erm Your post just kind of reminded me about it, I think I know the same feeling.

[TimeStopper]

That's interesting, i've had that impossible feeling twice too. Both times I had the cold.

[jamous]

I'm thinking it is mild delirium, most obviously, but it also sounds like, as people have said, a drug trip. But not mushrooms or salvia, cough syrup. It sounds ALOT like what happens when I drink too much cough syrup and go to bed. For me, it's a little different, when I'm in the hypnagogic/hynapompic state I lose the ability to think objective thoughts and become lost in a terrible abyss of abstract confusion. I begin to think in shapes (like with you) like blobs or fibers in my case. So anyway, do you drink cough syrup? I was thinking cuz your sick and all when this happens... But of course, stress/pain/sickness/drugs ALL have very weird effects on dreaming. I often hallucinate when I wake up randomly from early sleep, like I see bugs or sense beings at all levels of realism, generally when I'm a little stressed. Emotions just carry over from dreams into real life for some people. Just the other day, I woke up and I was thinking the whole time I was in my morning shower about how showering was somehow designated only for one political party, and feeling very confused (I had had alot to drink the previous night). That is very weird though, delirium or cough syrup or whatever. it sounds like you probably are used to that feelingof stress and NEEDING to finish something you didn't do and the like. Stressful job? Hard classes? I bet, if it isn't cough syrup, it's your mind applying a familiar feeling of stress to the delirious stress caused by the your illness. But I am NO psychologist, just my 2 cents. peace out jamous

[winstea21]

I'm thinking it is mild delirium, most obviously, but it also sounds like, as people have said, a drug trip. But not mushrooms or salvia, cough syrup. It sounds ALOT like what happens when I drink too much cough syrup and go to bed. For me, it's a little different, when I'm in the hypnagogic/hynapompic state I lose the ability to think objective thoughts and become lost in a terrible abyss of abstract confusion. I begin to think in shapes (like with you) like blobs or fibers in my case. So anyway, do you drink cough syrup? I was thinking cuz your sick and all when this happens... But of course, stress/pain/sickness/drugs ALL have very weird effects on dreaming. I often hallucinate when I wake up randomly from early sleep, like I see bugs or sense beings at all levels of realism, generally when I'm a little stressed. Emotions just carry over from dreams into real life for some people. Just the other day, I woke up and I was thinking the whole time I was in my morning shower about how showering was somehow designated only for one political party, and feeling very confused (I had had alot to drink the previous night). That is very weird though, delirium or cough syrup or whatever. it sounds like you probably are used to that feelingof stress and NEEDING to finish something you didn't do and the like. Stressful job? Hard classes? I bet, if it isn't cough syrup, it's your mind applying a familiar feeling of stress to the delirious stress caused by the your illness. But I am NO psychologist, just my 2 cents. peace out jamous No cough syrup, maybe a tablet of a cold medicine or something. That's interesting, i've had that impossible feeling twice too. Both times I had the cold. Yup, that feeling is the worst! When you have a high fever, enzymatic action all over your body begins to slow or fail all-together (this is a reason why people die from hyperthermia; enzymes fail to function at high temperatures). In the brain, this causes an unbalanced level of certain neurotransmitters and other psychoactive compounds due to the lack of enzyme function needed to break down or create them. When this occurs, hallucinations, 'stroke' (due to heat), and other odd feelings begin to surface. Eventually, if the fever continues to rise, delirium, loss of consciousness, coma, or death can occur. If you try to cool off, say take a cool shower for a while or go swimming in a cool pool, then things should start to get back to normal. Just be careful to have someone there if the fever is really serious, as thermal shock or unconsciousness while in a pool can be a bad mix if alone. Hope that helps! -Scott Thanks. However, I dont think i'll go swimming. Maybe i'll try drinking a cold glass of water instead .

[Cryptic]

Yes I had those fevers when I was a kid. It was like the texture, creases and folds of the blankets were uniquely dry and insideous, and time was slowed down, it was a darkend pale ethereal torture. Then I would hallucinate a going to the bathroom for an hour. During this time it felt like I was drugged. My field of view warped to and fro. Then the torture of my covers would commence again. The cycle would continue. During these experiences I was provided with tidbits from the future, for example, a future bathroom facility I would use, and the knowledge of certain meshes in Metroid Prime 2 (Metroid Prime wasn't even developed yet.)

[Shift]

I don't think I ever let my fevers get that bad... the worst was last year when I had pneumonia, but even then I just lay shivering in my bed for like 3 days straight until I finally made myself take freezing showers, and the doctor got me some hardcore meds. Never hallucinated because of it Although I did have a crazy as hell "hallucination" (but I am 99% sure it was a false awakening) that there was a supernova outside my bedroom window (even though the blinds were down in RL). The drug said it could cause hallucinations so I don't even know what happened over those days. I guess the only thing I can offer is: don't do what I did and stay isolated when you're really sick. Make sure there's someone who can look after you or check in on you. I basically disappeared into my room for 3 days straight and that didn't really help me get any better.

[5triker]

Yes I had those fevers when I was a kid. It was like the texture, creases and folds of the blankets were uniquely dry and insideous, and time was slowed down, it was a darkend pale ethereal torture. Then I would hallucinate a going to the bathroom for an hour. During this time it felt like I was drugged. My field of view warped to and fro. Then the torture of my covers would commence again. The cycle would continue. During these experiences I was provided with tidbits from the future, for example, a future bathroom facility I would use, and the knowledge of certain meshes in Metroid Prime 2 (Metroid Prime wasn't even developed yet.) Omg!! Thats exactly how i feel when i get a bad dose of the flue or a bad fever and wake up in the middle of the night (Bar the future bit, lol). I never really knew how to explain it though, but thats very well said ! I also get the impossible task thing, talked about in the first post. It doesn't happen as often now, because when it starts happening I'm able to pull myself out of it by telling myself I've woken up and there's nothing to be frightened of. I then generally take a drink of water, and try to get back to sleep. I also vividly remember my digital clock being a main part of the ' impossible task' and the torturous hallucinations, it wasn't nice at all ! But my chemistry professor says that these hallucinations are very common with a high fever, like you get with a bad flue ^^.

[Cryptic]

Yes, at the time the emotions were hard to describe as well, but eventually I could describe them. That's the thing about dreams, the emotions, and sometimes the content of them can be difficult to transform into words. But all in all the fevers were a good thing. After they were over I was very happy, almost like a high. I'm not a fan of over-the-counter medications, so it's a good thing I didn't take many.

[nayrki]

I've had this kind of hallucination too. Usually i wake up in the middle of the night, and something runs over and over and over in my mind, when i have a fever. Usually i end up passing out in the middle of the floor, while trying to get some water. I too have the impossible task, like i can't figure something out and its just making me really really really stressed

[dellastreet]

I just got over a bought with flu. I laid in bed for three days with a high fever and mostly just slept. But when I awoke I had (and still have) the most peaceful feeling. When I was asleep it was almost like I left my physical body which was in pain and went somewhere else. Somewhere safe where I felt secure and loved and peace. I dont know what it was but a three day vacation in fever land is something I could use once in awhile.

[Lalune]

Sorry to reply to such an old thread but I felt I had to. A couple of years ago, I had bowel cancer surgery and post surgery, developed MRSA. I spiked a temperature of 104 and was delirious. I too had that terrible restless feeling that there was something I had to finish and was apparently gibbering 'have...to...finish...it...dying..' And remember being tortured by the lines on the heart monitor, the shapes seemed to hurt my head, again, the crisp folds on the hospital sheets were agony, when I closed my eyes I could see lines travelling towards each other from opposing directions and when they met, there were green flashes of light and agonising pain in my head, My whole body was shaking in what the doctors called a rigor. It was an awful experience. I was unconscious on life support for 3 weeks following that but recall vivid dreams of the pattern of the heart monitor tracer, green triangles and the lines crashing together mixed with my families voices and music. Obviously, I recovered, but since then, whenever I have a fever, those images and that 'restless, unfinished' feeling returns. It is quite awful. I take paracetamol at the first hint of a raised temperature as I am so nervous of it happening again... Not sure if I am happy or saddened to find others with similar stories. Obviously something uniform must happen to certain human brains at certain temperatures or with certain viruses/infections.

[GunForce]

Sorry to reply to such an old thread but i just felt that i had to. During my childhood i have had about 5-6 of these dreams but only when i had a high fever. It was the exact same dream, to this day i still remember it clearly. whenever i got a fever i would always go to my parents bedroom to rest. Here is what i remember from that recurring dream: The dream starts off with the same setting as my parents bedroom. As time passed, The bedroom start slowly fading away. All of the furniture and clothing would slowly fade away. My parents bedroom would slowly stop looking like their bedroom and slowly fade away and the only thing left is just pure whiteness. It is as if i am in different dimension. Nothing is what it should be. I still get the feeling as if i am laying down on something but i dont know what. Everything that felt real in my life just started fading away. I would lose track of my senses, not knowing where i am, or who i am for that matter. The world faded away and all that is left is just pure emptiness. The bed faded away, the blanket faded away, but i still get the feeling as if i am on something...something soft and that i am covered with something, something warm but i dont know what it is. The room starts changing shape, becoming narrow and long, and becoming even more narrow and even longer. I lose my sense of distance...it is as if i am looking through a never ending tunnel of pure whiteness and emptiness. The walls start closing in on me, but the infinite length remains. Than all of a sudden i see some kind of object, a shape of some sort...looked as if it was metallic. i felt as if i lost my sense of hearing...the silence of the room was deafening. But the silence was broken by some type of sound...a faint sound. I could not make it out at first, but that didnt last long. The sound sounded as if it was out of this world. Than the sound would slowly start getting louder and clearer, clear to the point where i was able to make out what the sound was...it sounded as if something was sawing... As the sound grew louder, the unidentified object became clearer...that metallic object looked like a mechanical saw of some sort. As the sounds grew louder, the image of the object became clearer. Once i was able to make out what this object was, it seemed as if the room was becoming smaller and the object came close to me. As the object came closer the sound became louder, and louder, and louder until it was deafening. As the object came closer, death seemed imminent. The blades would come closer to my body, so close that you start fearing for your life. I woke up after that sweating like crazy...cold sweat. my heart was pounding so hard i felt as if i was having a heart attack. i got out of bed but lost my balance and fell over. but i got back up. I am 21 years old now, and i have stopped having that particular dream. but i would still get an uneasy feeling whenever i have a fever. When i was about 14 to 15 years old i had a night terror. I remember that night terror perfectly, but i am not comfortable talking about it. just thinking about it brings tears to my eyes and an incredible fear and sadness...i am tearing right now as i think about it.... ____________________________________ PS: Sorry for my grammar...i just don't have time fixing all of the grammar mistakes.

[kimmy94]

Iresponsed searching but its so hard for me to explain it. Hopefully somebody else knows what this is that I am experiencing. I know there has to be more people because I have a friend who has told me he has the same exact experiences. For me, this only happens when I am sick with a high fever. Its probably happened 4-5 times in which I've recalled. I go to sleep and then I wake up. I wake up to this horrible feeling that I have to finish a TASK that I know is IMPOSSIBLE... but yet, I have no idea what the task is. I just have the feeling in my body that I have to do something... (i dont know what) but something that is VERY VERY VERY IMPOSSIBLE. I know it sounds crazy, but thats the best way I can explain it. It usually last for about 5 minutes, but if I'm really sick it can last for a lot longer.. say, 15 mins. Sometimes when this happens I see weird shapes. I can't remember is I'm seeing it while sleeping or right after I wake up. Usually its simple square shapes or something of that nature. Does anybody know what this is?! I do apologise at how my response is years after you were searching for help and advice, but coming across this thread has actually made me so happy to know I'm not the only one! Whenever I'm poorly and have a fever I can guarantee that I'll get two hours sleep and the rest of the night will be spent crying and thrashing about in pain. I really do feel for you. The way you described having a task to do but not being able to do it is PERFECT. At night my mind can't rest and all I'll be able to do is stress about this 'task' and how I can't do it. My mind wil be having a conversation with itself about something that must be done but God only knows what it is now it's morning time! I'll pace around my room too sometimes in tears just getting frustrated and going crazy haha. My head feels huge and my whole body will feel 'irritable'. I think it's all due to the high temperature. Just wanted to let you know you're not the only one! Hopefully you don't suffer anymore.

[sleveneleven]

OK I have had the exact same thing happen to me, it sucks so bad and almost no one I know has had it happen to them, I want an explanation! Because there has to be one of the phenomenon is so identical, scientifically we could draw some conclusions from our situations.. the first time it happened to me I was young, 10 years old maybe, with a fever I should've been hospitalized for. If any of these things happened to you too then we can draw conclusions that way.. I have felt it reoccur when taking Tylenol pm, but mildly. When bit happens I have to do something that alters my state of consciousness, drink alcohol, do drugs, otherwise I don't know what to do. It's so frightening I hate talking about it so confiding in others is futile. Sylvia trips I've had have brought up similar feelings. I don't know what more we can figure out on our own. It's comforting knowing I'm not the only one who gets this, but doesn't make it any less annoying, scary, and bizarre. Hopefully we can learn what causes this and how we can prevent future problems with it.

[conniemalim]

I've tried searching but its so hard for me to explain it. Hopefully somebody else knows what this is that I am experiencing. I know there has to be more people because I have a friend who has told me he has the same exact experiences. For me, this only happens when I am sick with a high fever. Its probably happened 4-5 times in which I've recalled. I go to sleep and then I wake up. I wake up to this horrible feeling that I have to finish a TASK that I know is IMPOSSIBLE... but yet, I have no idea what the task is. I just have the feeling in my body that I have to do something... (i dont know what) but something that is VERY VERY VERY IMPOSSIBLE. I know it sounds crazy, but thats the best way I can explain it. It usually last for about 5 minutes, but if I'm really sick it can last for a lot longer.. say, 15 mins. Sometimes when this happens I see weird shapes. I can't remember is I'm seeing it while sleeping or right after I wake up. Usually its simple square shapes or something of that nature. Does anybody know what this is?! Yes! I have been searching for someone who has this. It's usually when I have a fever. It's usually a dream though where I have, as you described this task which is soo impossible but I have to do it. It's something like having to count every grain of sand on the beach which is impossible but i HAVE to do it. There's always the same man in the dream too. Most of the time when I wake up i can't remember the dream but the feeling is so strong. I don't have this right now but I think I have a fever. I'm unwell generally but I'm feeling really weird like I'm in a nightmare. Nothing feels really and everything that's happened today doesn't feel like it happened. I just want to sleep but I feel like i'll never get out of this state.