[Moose72]

What are they like? Here are three of mine that I just wrote about.

Three Hallucinations

[kaliope]

yes those definitely sound like hallucinations. I too have heard voices, once it was like I was at a conference. My most common ones are on the highway. there are NASCAR explosions in front of me. I literally duck from the balls of fire and car parts flying at me. Or semi trucks are tippin over on me. Or I see large building blowing up on the side of the highway. I tend to see things when I am highly anxious and hear things when I am manic.

[FireBird]

Yes, I hallucinate a lot. Each year I hallucinate more and it gets more detailed. This year I have seen decapitated bodies on the side of the road, demons, just evil eyes staring at me (red eyes) I had that today as a matter of fact, people that disappear all over the place, they are there one moment and they disappear right in front of my eyes, I have seen firebirds fly in the sky, I heard footsteps today creeping up and it scared me, I hear voices of all kinds but not all the time there is silence in my head most of the time but the voices are scary. I get command hallucinations. They tell me to kill myself, hurt myself,take overdoses. Other voices tell me I'm a bad person, that I am worthless and going to hell among other things. Sometimes I hear low level voices that I can't make out the words to. I heard some of those today. Sometimes my shower and computer talks to me. I heard music a few times. I see lights from nowhere of different colors. I also experience tactile hallucinations. Not that much but still. One time recently I felt someone cut my leg open and I looked there is no mark there, no evidence of any cut. Olfactory hallucinations of things rotting. Gustatory hallucinations of gross tastes. It makes me want to puke. I have it from all senses but not at the same time. OK I know I am missing things but that's all for now.

[Foramir]

I also have hallucinations. They are usually auditory and come when I am severely manic and/or off my meds. For example I once had one when I was home alone and I heard a stick break right behind me, and when I spun around to see who was behind me There was no one and no broken sticks to be seen. But like I said I was severely manic and off my meds... I hope that your hallucinations are not freaking you out to bad. I know you don't know me from Adam, but I would be happy to talk with you and whomever else wants to talk to me, just send me a PM and I will answer. I want to help others because this site has helped me SO much.

[Blue_Bird]

I've had hallucinations during my first manic episode which wasn't very long ago. It was horrible. Hearing voices, seeing things, feeling things. I'm glad it's over with. I saw things coming for me, felt like someone was touching my arm, heard people talking when I was alone. It was very confusing because I had no idea what was going on and happening to me at the time.

[dubblemonkey]

Originally Posted by Moose72

What are they like? Here are three of mine that I just wrote about.

Three Hallucinations

hallucinations are an invite into the otherworld...

they are not to be feared...

they are an arrival from the darkness and the darkness inside us
....

a connection most unusual....

there are mental creatures horribly de-activated by life...

and we are the pathway....

sometimes it happens

they arrive

beautiful mystery monsters....
from the awaken shade
hiding just aside from what we feel.

I hallucinate because the underlife creatures insist I stay alive to support them.

I can not explain exactly how I have been interfered with by the invisible death.

there is another dimension....
I can never forget this

it's not easy

[Moose72]

I added a fourth story that I'd forgotten about. :-)

[Moose72]

Firebird, things blowing up? That sounds scary.

[Moose72]

Bluebird sorry you were so scared.

[Moose72]

For amour thanks. You can pm me if you want, too.

[wiretwister]

as a child I would hear low tones sounding like voices but no recognizable words and at the same time see fleeting images out of the corner of my eye. last month it happened again but this time the image was crystal clear. it was paint can lid size and contained two hoses wrapped around same ,easy to remember hard to describe. also it used too and still did make me sick to my stomach. not even sure what these are but they are upsetting.

[Moose72]

Wire I was getting lots of voices like a staticky radio last year before my hospitalization.

[Skittles56]

Mine tend to be quick flashes of different things. Dogs running through the living room, a woman in a white dress walking across the room. They are usually just long enough for me to see them and know that they weren't just peripheral vision flashes. About month ago, I was riding on my tractor and looked over to see a guy in white tennis togs jogging alongside me. Once again it was just long enough for me to get a very detailed view. I saw the white wristbands and very curly hair held up by a sweatband.

The auditory ones are more disturbing. A couple of weeks a go I woke up at three in the morning because I heard people walking around and talking in the hall. I was alone in the house at the time. About a week ago, I had just gotten into bed and was reading my kindle when I heard someone stomping very violently in the hall. Once again, I was alone in the house. It actually scared me quite a bit and I don't scare easily.

[medicalfox]

I hallucinate daily, generally auditory hallucinations. I hear music almost all the time and it's different genres. Right now it's electronical, but it's not bothering me too much. Most people can't tell that I'm hallucinating when it comes to auditory hallucinations, so I can function pretty well such as having a job. When I'm manic it increases my hallucinations and when I'm in psychosis it's hell.

[Moose72]

What do you mean when you're in psychosis? I thought hallucinating was psychosis?

[dillpickle1983]

I only really hallucinate when I am stressed out. But sometimes I hear like a white noise , like a TV that isn't plugged into cable or antennae. Like that popcorn black and white. I guess I hear that every few days. I do get delusional though routinely. I sometimes think or act like I am someone else. Sometimes it gets crazy lol. I'm diagnosed Schizoaffective BiPolar type. I do (and I don't realize it) talk to myself, answer myself, argue with myself, and talk in third person. My roommate was scared at first. Didn't know how to react. I know I'm doing it now but I can't stop myself. I don't know if that is tied into something or not.

[venusss]

Yeah. Seeing things. Having random visions of death and creating mostly. Feeling odd body sensations (such as having holes on my head, body parts detached). Things talking to me. Flipping through time.... in and out of the moment.

And I experience some of these like daily. I am more concerned when it don't happen.

[medicalfox]

Originally Posted by Moose72

What do you mean when you're in psychosis? I thought hallucinating was psychosis?

No, in psychosis people can have delusions and/or hallucinations. Basically psychosis is when you lose touch with reality. I have hallucinations daily, but I'm in touch with reality. I can drive my car, go grocery shopping, go to college, but I still hallucinate. In psychosis people are not very functional and often require hospitalization where as I do not.

[Moose72]

Oh okay, I didn't think about delusions. I once thought people were after me. Following me. I was driving my car at the time. I called my pdoc and she convinced me that they weren't.

[Moose72]

What about Bipolar Hallucidations: Delusions delusions?

[Moose72]

I added another to my hallucinations post: Bipolar Hallucidations: Five Hallucinations I Didn't Write About Yet

[x_BabyG_x]

I hallucinate, but i have to tell myself that its not real to ground myself. Coffee set me off this morning. My delusions on the other hand are totally different, thats genuine fear and paranoia that i believe to be true and wouldnt know other wise!