Schizophrenic Hallucinations
I’m curious about schizophrenia. When you see things that aren’t there, what’s it like? What helps ground you in reality instead?
@jesusredeemedme2425
I'm interested in learning about something that is not discussed much, from people's lived experiences 💜💕
@jesusredeemedme2425 oh well! in my case, I usually have olfactory and auditory hallucinations, visual hallucinations are very rare for me, but I can usually tell if it's real or not... if possible, I approach the "thing" and I try to touch it if I'm really in doubt whether it's real or an hallucination.
PS: I'm not diagnosed.
Olfactory hallucinations? I’ve never heard of those. What do you smell that’s not there?
@jesusredeemedme2425 for some reason I always tend to smell very specific things, like maple syrup and... gasoline? I've considered the fact that there could be things nearby that could have the certain smells (like cars or cafes), but in almost all situations, the "sources" are not there. So yes, olfactory hallucinations are possible!
Wow… that’s super interesting. I wonder how that’s possible in the brain? How the brain and the nose detect smells that aren’t there? I’d love to hear about this from a science perspective, this sounds so intriguing!
I hear voices but I also know they are my delusions i tell myself that these are not real they are my delusions 😔😌
How do you tell the difference?
When I have auditory hallucinations (usually happens when im sleep deprived), its usually a quick yell. It sounds like theyre in a room, one thats bigger than the one im in. They sound further away, in the same room. Its hard to explain. I have a lot of visual hallucinations. Most of them are at night. Usually it's shadows that aren't there, or spiders. I sometimes think I feel the spiders too. Even tho there are none. A lot of my visual hallucinations are of animals as well
When I have auditory hallucinations (usually happens when im sleep deprived), its usually a quick yell. It sounds like theyre in a room, one thats bigger than the one im in. They sound further away, in the same room. Its hard to explain. I have a lot of visual hallucinations. Most of them are at night. Usually it's shadows that aren't there, or spiders. I sometimes think I feel the spiders too. Even tho there are none. A lot of my visual hallucinations are of animals as well
I was in psychosis a few months ago, no cause, it just comes and goes.
Auditory: I would hear full conversations about me from people, my name being whispered or shouted, and inaudible mumbling out of nowhere.
Visual: I would see and feel bugs and spiders crawling on or around me, objects/walls/floors breathing and shaking, sometimes it was as bad as seeing people or figures move or run past me.
Other: I can recall many times where I would feel excruciating pain out of nowhere for no reason. Like once, my back started to burn and ache as if I'd been stabbed, and I began to believe I had been stabbed, but really I hadn't. It became very hard to breathe and even move.
When I hallucinate, it's extremely hard to grasp what's real and what's not. It's entirely too scary. it makes me anxious. Of course, hallucinations can be less and more intense, but hallucinating itself is still very hard to deal with. What helps ground me to reality is to drown out the outside noise, or silence, with television, music, or even just white noise. It also helps me to be around others, because I found that my hallucinations occur more when I'm alone, or in quiet places.
- Imagine being completely alone in a room, and you swear that the walls are closing in on you and your mind begins to trick you into believing that they really are. Everything is completely normal from anyone else's perspective, but yours.
I recall this one incident where I had lied about something, and for an entire week until I came clean about the lie, I heard rude conversations and saw rude stares about me from everyone I knew, and I didn't realize those conversations were hallucinations until I reflected on that moment months later. I know that was a hallucination because the people didn't know that I lied at all, and even if they did, they'd never do or say anything like that, but my mind made me believe it was real.
