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Re: Hallucinations

Postby Holodeck » Mon Jul 03, 2017 1:24 am

Quick question about hallucinations...I don't frequently have them (if these are considered them). I normally get them when stressed or tired. It's always a real quick "I could have sworn I saw something" moment. It's never more than a second, but I know something isn't quite right. It could be a shadow that isn't there, or thinking I saw something in full detail clear as day (but only for a second).

I'm curious if that's considered a hallucination, or something like "oh you're just tired". My mom used to tell me that when I'd go to her about them. I've had these since I was at least a toddler.
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Re: Hallucinations

Postby UpDownAround » Mon Jul 03, 2017 5:21 am

I get those peripheral ones that are just my brain filling in blanks of what I think I might see when my eyes didn't provide enough evidence to disprove it. I think anyone with a decent imagination gets those.

I have only had full on hallucinations with drugs and only by accident after the first one. I didn't care for it and would try to limit psychedelics to euphoria with profound thoughts (well, they were at the time). Low dose psychedelics were my favorite euphoric, so I did have a few accidental hallucinations from inconsistent strengths of street drugs. The last one I had was from salvia when it was still legal in my state about 10 years ago. I had the aging pot head urge and bought some at a head shop. I tried to low dose it after the first experience, tripped again and threw it out,
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Re: Hallucinations

Postby Jellybeanery » Tue Jul 04, 2017 7:24 pm

Just the other day I saw an orange spark slowly move down the side of my house, from the roof, to the ground. I stared at it a while until it wasn't visible anymore.

A short time after I saw a white goat in my driveway. :oops:
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