Anyone else suffer from this?
Last night I hallucinated my best friend standing in my bedroom, dressed in his work-clothes, but he had his back to me and was staring at the wall, ala Blair Witch. Just a tad creepy.
A couple nights before that, I hallucinated that my sister (who lives in England and I haven't seen for several months) opened my bedroom door, crawled briskly to my bed, grabbed my foot (which I can feel - so far the hallucinations have been visual, tactile, and audial for me), and told me in a hoarse voice that our grandmother is dying. O_o
I've also hallucinated a small girl who resembles the girl from The Ring, with long black hair hiding most of her face, just sitting on the bed next to me.
But it's still purely the tactile sensations that are the worst. My first ever experience was when I was lying on my stomach. I felt a cold hand on the back of my neck, and it slowly pushed me into the pillow to try to suffocate me. It's very unpleasant when I can't even see what's touching me. Freaks me oooout, so I try to make it a point to always sleep on my back now.
...oh, and for those who don't know what I'm talking about: it's an experience some people have while they're in a half-awake, half-asleep state. Your body is paralysed because it's in sleep mode, but your brain isn't entirely there yet, so it's like you're stuck in a limbo. Apparently people who are prone to epilepsy tend to experience this (my sister's had a couple seizures thanks to the power of strobe lights in nightclubs, although nothing like that has happened to me).
You then start hallucinating generally unpleasant things and because you're paralysed, you feel utterly powerless. I get it frequently enough now that I realise what is happening and can try to shake myself out of it. Usually takes a while but I manage to wake myself up.
So I was just curious if anyone else here has somewhat similar experiences on a semi-regular basis, or am I just bonkers?
Last night I hallucinated my best friend standing in my bedroom, dressed in his work-clothes, but he had his back to me and was staring at the wall, ala Blair Witch. Just a tad creepy.
A couple nights before that, I hallucinated that my sister (who lives in England and I haven't seen for several months) opened my bedroom door, crawled briskly to my bed, grabbed my foot (which I can feel - so far the hallucinations have been visual, tactile, and audial for me), and told me in a hoarse voice that our grandmother is dying. O_o
I've also hallucinated a small girl who resembles the girl from The Ring, with long black hair hiding most of her face, just sitting on the bed next to me.
But it's still purely the tactile sensations that are the worst. My first ever experience was when I was lying on my stomach. I felt a cold hand on the back of my neck, and it slowly pushed me into the pillow to try to suffocate me. It's very unpleasant when I can't even see what's touching me. Freaks me oooout, so I try to make it a point to always sleep on my back now.
...oh, and for those who don't know what I'm talking about: it's an experience some people have while they're in a half-awake, half-asleep state. Your body is paralysed because it's in sleep mode, but your brain isn't entirely there yet, so it's like you're stuck in a limbo. Apparently people who are prone to epilepsy tend to experience this (my sister's had a couple seizures thanks to the power of strobe lights in nightclubs, although nothing like that has happened to me).
You then start hallucinating generally unpleasant things and because you're paralysed, you feel utterly powerless. I get it frequently enough now that I realise what is happening and can try to shake myself out of it. Usually takes a while but I manage to wake myself up.
So I was just curious if anyone else here has somewhat similar experiences on a semi-regular basis, or am I just bonkers?
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