For this thread, I want you guys to post the weirdest hallucinations you ever had, and guarantee were not dreams themselves.
I actually have two here, and these were when I was very young:
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That's called sleep paralysis, we learned a lot about it in my Psychology class. It's what happens when you wake up in the middle of REM sleep, where your brain paralyzes your entire body so you don't literally act out your dreams. When this happens, it takes time for your body to get unparalyzed, so you can't move. Your Amygdala is also very active during REM sleep, which is the center of fear in the brain. This is what causes "shadow monsters" to appear during sleep paralysisLogan Furry wrote:I'm going to be quote honest. I don't even know what the hell happened, was it a dream, was it not? All I know is I recall waking up from a dream and there was this "shadow" monster in the corner of my room (and it was like a actual thing since I'm familiar with my room) and Jesus Christ I nearly pissed myself which didn't help much that I needed to go (sorry for going graphic). I felt as though I couldn't move, and my head got violently pushed back onto the bed, when that thing got closer to me and almost on the side of the bed. I remember lifting my head off my bed yet again gasping for breath and it was gone. That was personally one of the more terrifying moments in my life and I can't tell if it was a dream or a hallucination. It felt all too real for a dream.
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Thank you so much for explaining it I was kinda clueless but would that count as a Hallucination. If not I'm just a dumbmidnightblink wrote: That's called sleep paralysis, we learned a lot about it in my Psychology class. It's what happens when you wake up in the middle of REM sleep, where your brain paralyzes your entire body so you don't literally act out your dreams. When this happens, it takes time for your body to get unparalyzed, so you can't move. Your Amygdala is also very active during REM sleep, which is the center of fear in the brain. This is what causes "shadow monsters" to appear during sleep paralysis
Well, it was an unreal event that you physically experienced based on faulty brain activity, so I think it counts as a hallucination. It actually probably happened because you had to go to the bathroom (I'm assuming semi-urgently), which caused your brain to wake you up during REM sleep. It's not unusual for sleep paralysis to happen a few times in someones life, but if it happens too much, I would probably go see a sleep doctor.Logan Furry wrote:Thank you so much for explaining it I was kinda clueless but would that count as a Hallucination. If not I'm just a dumbmidnightblink wrote: That's called sleep paralysis, we learned a lot about it in my Psychology class. It's what happens when you wake up in the middle of REM sleep, where your brain paralyzes your entire body so you don't literally act out your dreams. When this happens, it takes time for your body to get unparalyzed, so you can't move. Your Amygdala is also very active during REM sleep, which is the center of fear in the brain. This is what causes "shadow monsters" to appear during sleep paralysis
Well, it was an unreal event that you physically experienced based on faulty brain activity, so I think it counts as a hallucination. It actually probably happened because you had to go to the bathroom (I'm assuming semi-urgently), which caused your brain to wake you up during REM sleep (since REM sleep is actually the closest we get to waking up during the process of sleep, in terms of brain activity). It's not unusual for sleep paralysis to happen a few times in someones life, but if it happens too much, I would probably go see a sleep doctor.Logan Furry wrote:Thank you so much for explaining it I was kinda clueless but would that count as a Hallucination. If not I'm just a dumbmidnightblink wrote: That's called sleep paralysis, we learned a lot about it in my Psychology class. It's what happens when you wake up in the middle of REM sleep, where your brain paralyzes your entire body so you don't literally act out your dreams. When this happens, it takes time for your body to get unparalyzed, so you can't move. Your Amygdala is also very active during REM sleep, which is the center of fear in the brain. This is what causes "shadow monsters" to appear during sleep paralysis