[franz kafka]

For a while now I've been seeing things either out of the corner of my eye or very quickly, and then when I look back they are gone. Usually I see people - not shadows - or animals. I'm talking I will be 100% convinced I saw someone, and then they are gone.

Anyone else get these? I wonder if they're pathological or just a sign of my overactive imagination.

[Moose72]

I get that too but also not in the corner vof my eye

[st0psign]

I've had them when I was in my last really bad mixed state. I think it was from sleep deprivation. I was awake for 5 days straight. had visual hallucination like you described and auditory hallucinations when there was white noise around me, I heard voices in it talking to me. but again I think it was more from the lack of sleep. but that was caused by the mania. so idk. but yes, I've experienced what you described before.

[HALLIEBETH87]

I get it tol

[franz kafka]

Originally Posted by Moose72

I get that too but also not in the corner vof my eye

They're not always out of the corner of my eye for me too, sometimes just with a quick glance.

[Theresa1991]

I get the out of the corner thing too. Always thought I was just imagining stuff, like being weird.

[OctobersBlackRose]

I also get them in the corner of my eye too, good to know I'm not the only one.

[Melmo]

Yes!!! Months ago, probably June ish it wa really bad, was happening every day, I thought I was going crazy. I had an eye dr appt and asked him about it because I thought it was my eyes and se said my eyes looked fine. I brought it up to my psychiatrist and he didn't think much of it. Then I was reading about bipolar and hallucinations and brought it up to my family dr and I feel like this is what it is. It's exactly as you describe. I feel like I see someone walking by me or one of my cats is at my feet, or even a few times I get freaked out about something going by me fast and look and nothing is there. It freaks me out.

[Moose72]

Yup yup. I've seen more hallucinated cats than real ones some days!

I get those types of hallucinations as well

Some of them can be really scary. Like, one time I was driving home from the pharmacy and I saw 2 little boys running into the street in front of me. I slammed the brakes and looked all around me to see if there were more of them I didn't see. Nope. Then when I looked back, there were never any boys in the street. Freaked me out.