tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3759445299089066070.post832396366944897008..comments2021-01-18T11:58:28.113-08:00Comments on Hotbrain's Insights on Bipolar and Life: You know it's a hallucination when.....Hotbrainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18325152392224931196noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3759445299089066070.post-33896460878244557402012-11-14T18:08:01.338-08:002012-11-14T18:08:01.338-08:00I see a man everyday. He is about 24 or so and I c...I see a man everyday. He is about 24 or so and I can feel it when he touches me. I've always been like this and I'm afraid he'll never leave.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3759445299089066070.post-21310804565476725802012-01-17T19:38:05.488-08:002012-01-17T19:38:05.488-08:00I suffer from hallucinations, both visual and audi...I suffer from hallucinations, both visual and audio, quite frequently, and they're always distressing.<br /><br />I've always used the whole logic and rationalisation technique, and it either works completely in ending the hallucination or at least helps you to calm down until it's over.<br /><br />Another technique is to make the hallucination seem ridiculous. It's quite difficult to implement, but turning a usually terrifying experience into something humorous seems to be a good coping mechanism, for me at least.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3759445299089066070.post-51946834818224145612011-08-23T22:32:56.541-07:002011-08-23T22:32:56.541-07:00I've had minor "hallucinations" lik...I've had minor "hallucinations" like this for most of my life. I'd hear snatches of music, and tell my mom the radio was on. Or I'd see insects, or even small animals. She told me I had an active imagination.<br /><br />And she's right. Seeing something that doesn't exist (yet) is the first step in my artistic process. I still hear and see things that aren't there, but like you, I learned a long time ago how to check them against reality.<br /><br />I'm in a position where I can generally let these experiences flow around me without them being bothersome -- but you raise a really interesting point. If someone is too ill to do this, they'd be terrified by the spiders crawling all over the place.Addy Bellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14015984115893693050noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3759445299089066070.post-56590084515687298262011-08-20T00:25:59.116-07:002011-08-20T00:25:59.116-07:00my daughter used to hallucinate a lot. Now it'...my daughter used to hallucinate a lot. Now it's just a little. She'll see things like frogs and bugs and when she goes to kill then they disappear. I have never had any hallucinations, that I know of anyway?The Bipolar Divahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05449793830455116918noreply@blogger.com