Hallucinating

So, usually they aren't bad. Usually I just hear people calling my name, or hear whispering.Sometimes I see things tilt/sideways/distorted , but they aren't really like that. Once I thought I heard my talking to rm, I asked her, she said no. This went on for a few secs. I also get paranoid a lot, it always has to with pepole(like them hating me).I am also having a lot more nightmares often at least few times a week.Which I use to rarely have.

Why is this happening?

Hi Doglovin,
I'm sorry to hear you are having such difficulty with hallucinations. They must be terrifying!
I've only had recurring bad dreams. That is frightening enough.

You must see a doctor or psychiatrist soon and tell them exactly what you have told us here.
They will have experience dealing with people with these problems and know the best way for you to proceed. If you hear messages that involve self harm, go directly to Hospital Emergency. You don't want those messages to be realized.

Keep in touch here. I (we) want to know how you are managing and that you are getting the help you need.

Take care,

It sounds like things are not going well at the moment. I know when I'm not doing well I do get feelings of paranoia (thinking that people are out to deliberately harm me) and also experience some crazy dreams where I end up talking/acting out in my sleep. Perhaps contacting your doctor and letting them know what is going on could be helpful? I know sometimes I try to push through the moods and things that I'm experiencing but my doctor always tells me that I need to work on asking for help. My therapist is also helping me see that perhaps letting people know vs pushing through will make my life better. I hope that the hallucinating passes quickly for you.

I'm really scared to tell my parents(I'm 16). I do not want people to think I'm
Crazy because if this.Or something else bad


Why is this happening to me?

16 years old! You're still a kid.
I wish I could give you a hug, and help you walk through telling your parents and seeing a doctor.

Crazy, or mentally ill have such a stigma... a generalized negative view by the public.
But Doglovin, you are actually lucky in a twisted sort of way. Real crazy people don't know they are crazy. You know you are having some unreal experiences right now. Because you know something is wrong, you, your parents and your doctor can work on it together.

I had a friend who became totally psychotic (false beliefs) but never accepted that his crazy thoughts were not real. He was very difficult to treat because rather than work with the doctors to reinterperet his experiences and beliefs, he spent all his time trying to convince us they were real.

You are having scarey thoughts and experiences, but you know it is not real! You are in a great position to fight the illness with your parents and doctors help.

If it is too uncomfortable telling your parents, is there a school counsellor or teacher that you trust and can tell? Then they could arrange a meeting with your parents. You could tell your parents then with the counsellor or teacher in the meeting too, to give you support.

Your first message here is very powerful. You explain what you are experiencing and you express your fears. Maybe print that message and use it as a starting place in talking to somebody. You don't have to say anything. Just give them the message and ask them to read it right now.

I want you to know that the people here understand what you are going through. We've each had our own battle with mental illness. With the help of the right medication, we are doing the best we can with our lives.

The other thing I want you to know is that many famous scientists, authors, painters, poets and politicians have struggled with bipolar disorder and other forms of mental illness. It is a crazy twist of fate, but we are better than average. Rent the video "A Beautiful Mind" and watch it. We are that person. It is a true story of one man's journey.

A Beautiful Mind(2001)
PG 135 min - Biography|Drama - 4 January 2002 (Canada)

After a brilliant but asocial mathematician accepts secret work in cryptography, his life takes a turn for the nightmarish.
Director: Ron Howard
Writers: Akiva Goldsman, Sylvia Nasar (book)
Stars: Russell Crowe, Ed Harris, Jennifer Connelly

I'm thinking of you and sending positive thoughts your way.
Take care.

Yeah , everyone is sincere here. People on this forum love to help each other . We are a sort of quick surrogate family of sorts. Of course no replacement from your 3d support system(friends, genetic family, guardians, doctors , etc..)But it is a great addition .

I agree with skilsaw. Because you recognize they aren't real and something is wrong, it automatically puts you at a much better place to treat yourself. You are no lesser of a person for this. And proper response to your condition can keep life still fulfilling. }

take care. It must be really scary for you. Psychosis is really scary. I never had strong hallucinations(just light ones) , but i grew incredibly disconnected from reality. I understand how scary such things can be.

Please, take care of yourself

Hey I'm sorry to hear you're having trouble and at such a young age. I'm 20 and recently released from the hospital, where I was involuntarily placed for psychotic depression. I wish more people would talk about hallucinations because I was scared shitless as they progressed. They started as whispering or even yelling as I was falling asleep. After this going pretty consistently and from severe lack of sleep as a direct result, they started appearing at night every night. I would see shadows and demons in my room. The demon from the movie Insidious would wake me up at 5 every morning and I still have the image of his blood red face and sharp claws staring at me from my closet door. Luckily, I'm much better now and have not had any hallucinations since. If my story can help you at all, just remember that you're not crazy these things happen. Most people have hypnogogic hallucinations (whispering or falling feeling in the few moments before sleep) an it's easy to lose track of how it can progress. Still, any hallucinating is a serious issue because they can escalate very quickly and out of control. Not to scare you I just want you to find the help you need before you have a serious break on reality! Please talk to a counselor or a doctor if you can't talk to you parents, I'd hate to hear you ending up in a situation like mine. Best of luck kiddo

Hi

I am sorry to hear you are struggling with this. I get hallucinations too at times and it is scary. I really think that telling a professional is the best thing to do here - and it would likely be good for your parents to know too. It is important that you get assessed and treated for what is going on so please consider it.

Huge hugs

Cracked

Hi there,

So sorry that you have to deal with this in your young life. Hallucinating is scary. It happened to me when I was in a mixed state. I was in a convenience store and I had a psychotic episode and I hallucinated that all the people were staring at me and smiling. Yeah, I know, sounds good, right. No way. They were smiling at me like Jack Nicholson as the joker. It freaked me out horribly. I ran into the bathroom. I have also hallucinated that a demon was inside of me. My stomach was moving in waves and I thought it was because of this demon. I kept asking, well, more like yelling for someone to get me an exorcist.

By the time we actually got to the ER, the episode was over. We had sat there for four hours and I had already snapped out of it. So all they did was send me home and told me to go see my pdoc as soon as possible.

My pdoc and family kept telling me I was bipolar. I was vehement that I was not bipolar, only ADD. I refused medication for bipolar. I truly believed the Adderall they had given me for my ADD had caused a bad reaction. It wasn't until a couple of months later when psychosis hit again that I finally waived the white flag, got hospitalized and started taking the bipolar meds religiously.

That was 3 years ago. I haven't had once since, thank the good Lord. I wish I could sit and chat with you and just let you know that everything will be okay. Just keep working with your pdoc and find the cocktail that works for you. Best wishes and take care!