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Hi fern, I read the article. I'm trying to understand your post, so forgive me if I'm misunderstanding what you're suggesting.
I think you're asserting that hallucinations are a projection of subconscious material...the result of trauma, or that hallucinations can be attributed to feeling intruded upon?
I can relate to the trauma aspect, because I was abused as a child to the point at which I was removed from my home for some time (I was returned eventually, but the level of abuse stayed the same...it was the 70's).
I have some voices that I have no doubt are the result of trauma. To me those sounds "feel" different than the hallucination I've described in this post.
The "privacy" issue...as far as I know it doesn't apply to me. I don't consciously feel that anyone is intruding my space.
If I'm understanding correctly I'd say yes, that the Jungian model is certainly a possibility. My therapist and psychiatrist have addressed that to some extent.
My husband believes that the so-called "hallucinations" are actually beings that exist on another plane and that I'm picking up on their energy because I'm hyper-sensitive (i.e., "psychic"). He doesn't agree with me about taking medication. I get what my husband is saying, but it's immensely stressful to me when my sense of reality is already intensely wavering.
And then there's the possibility that hallucinations are the result of unusual brain activity.
All of the above are possibilities, and of course there are more reasons for hallucinations than we can even imagine.
With regard to the man behind me, to clarify, he's not actually watching me. He just stands there are stares straight ahead. He doesn't remind me of anyone I conscious remember or know now. I don't know why he suddenly popped up.
Mostly, his existence causes stress for me. Honestly, why he exists is not as important to me as making him go away. I'm immensely relieved this morning because the increases in meds have caused the hallucination to weaken enough so that I have hope that after tonight's doses, by tomorrow I'll have peace in my unquiet mind.
When an anti-psychotic has the effect of removing a hallucination I generally believe that it is biologically based. But then, I tend to go with the biological model. In general, I believe that my brain is wired a certain way (and that wiring was exacerbated by trauma and stress), and that medication can intervene with stressful information. That, for me, is the path of least resistance and the most effective way to decrease stress, which is something I definitely need to do in my life.
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