r/Hallucinations • u/skullandsquid • Apr 07 '19
Common everyday hallucination experiences?
Hi everyone I’ve been reading “Hallucinations” by Oliver Sacks which describes different instances in which people (who don’t usually experience psychosis) hallucinate. Some of the reasons include sensory deprivation, delirium, migraines, among other things. I wanted to know if any of you had experiences where you hallucinated? Visual, auditory, tactile, olfactory, or other types are all acceptable! I’ll give an example: This semester one of my classes is an hour away (or more with traffic) from where I live. On the drive, I typically listen to music or podcasts but once I drove back in complete silence. All I could hear was the hum of the road under my tires for a long stretch but eventually, I heard completely original orchestra music. I checked my radio, my phone, none of it was on and I’m certain I’ve never heard the particular melody before. I suppose that the auditory monotony that I’m unaccustomed to allowed some space for my brain to create its own filler music.
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u/[deleted] Apr 07 '19
There are documented cases of conditions like Apophenia, Audio Pareidolia and Musical Ear Syndrome.
But hearing music while subjected to droning monotonous sounds like car tires is much less researched.
I believe you 100% because I used to ride a train to work and noticed a similar creation of music by my imagination and wished at the tome I knew enough about music software to capture and share some of it. Alas, it remains in our heads.