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Comment author: Blueberry 13 May 2010 05:23:02AM 1 point [-]

I have also noticed hearing things when I am very sleepy: usually music or words that I can't quite hear clearly.

I'm only counting things that I think are real; I routinely have vivid audiations that are not confusable with reality.

I'm very confused by this sentence! You know the auditory hallucinations aren't real, right? And what are these vivid audiations you speak of?

Comment author: byrnema 13 May 2010 12:42:39PM *  4 points [-]

There's a distinct difference between hearing something vividly in your head, which is more like imagining a sound, and having an actual auditory hallucination. I read last night: schizophrenics may know that their auditory hallucinations aren't real, but they also can't distinguish them from real sounds.

Whenever I have had an auditory hallucination (also, very rarely), it has been of my name being called as well!

Comment author: KrisC 25 May 2010 10:55:40PM 2 points [-]

I often (~monthly) believe that my name is being called when further investigation suggests otherwise. I believe it is a result of a similar sibilant sound and my upbringing. My stepfather insisted that if he shouted my name I had to come running, even if I was out of earshot blocks away. Thus I was "nurtured" towards false positives.

This audio hallucination always fools me, but visual hallucinations never do.

At approximately the same rate (monthly), I imagine I see a cloaked figure. This is more an optical illusion in my peripheral vision, which I quickly recognize. Occasional Melatonin or Vitamin D greatly reduce the occurrence of this optical misidentification.

Comment author: Nisan 25 May 2010 11:35:54PM 3 points [-]

I also have a story about conditioned susceptibility to hallucinations: At one point I was in a long-distance relationship and I started hallucinating Google chat's New Instant Message notification sound. This happened several times a day, and if I happened to be in proximity to a computer I would have to check to see if it was real.

Comment author: [deleted] 09 April 2011 08:10:48AM 1 point [-]

This happens to me constantly.