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Mar 24, 2010, 01:05 AM
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Member Since: Mar 2009
Location: So Cal
Posts: 3,342
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I'm not sure you meant it to be, but I found your statement of saying "goodnight" to the creepy little boy humorous.
I think that was a great way to acknowledge your experience yet not let it be anything more than what it most likely is...a hallucination. Good for you!! 
I was trained to not "feed into" people's delusions/hallucinations, but at the same time, I have coached some of my clients that hear voices in and outside their heads to talk back to them if it helps them feel better.
At first, they look at me like I'm crazy.  Then I just tell them to try it. Talk back to them and tell them what you need from them. Maybe they will listen. Maybe they just want to be acknowledged even if the voice is a hallucination...or an alter for us folks with DD's. I don't see the harm in it. Okay, you wouldn't want to have a whole conversation over coffee with the voice, but a little acknowledgment can go a long way, and it sounds like it worked for you at the time if you were able to get to sleep.
Take care. 
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