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Old Dec 22, 2013, 12:38 PM
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Originally Posted by Claritytoo View Post
What do you mean by hallucinate? If I am being too personal I apologize but I am unsure if you are referring to seeing the alters or something else.
not sure who you are directing your question to but I will answer why I mentioned hallucinate in my post....

the mind is an amazing thing. people can convince their self of anything even seeing things that are not real. if a person with DID focuses on wanting to see their alters they will. that doesnt mean they really can see their alter.

let me give you an example...

think about an onion. now think about it with your whole heart and senses....now can you smell the onion? can you see in your mind or picture that onion next to you? can you feel the onions firmness, or taste the onion taste in your mouth?...if so you are experiencing a sensory hallucination your mind just conjured up due to your wanting it to happen, not because right now you actually/really are holding an onion in your hand.

for some people they may want to see their alters to this extreme, consciously or unconsciously, or due to medications or other problems and it happens through being a hallucination.

when it happened to me it was because of my medications and other problems, not a situation of actually/really seeing the alters. it was a mind playing tricks on me hallucination.