A few months ago I had to do an assignment
for science called The Blackout Syndrome.
In it there was a rather graphic picture
of a man with hemorrhagic fever (i.e.
bleeding from the eyes, nose, mouth, ears)
and it scared me badly. Ever since then
I've been hallucinating him coming at me
out of the darkness to kill me. I'm
otherwise a sane person and I'm wondering
if hallucinations from my fear are causing
me to have panic attacks.
I've never had hemophobia (fear of blood)
before.
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jcottle11
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to sweetietweet Posted: 05-31-08 12:33pm
The important clarification about
hallucinations are when they are occurring
and in what context, ie visual only,
visual and auditory, etc.
Many people are sometimes traumatized by
observing something visually graphic in
nature, whether in real-time or in a
photograph. The consequences usually
appear in the form of nightmares, etc, but
can sometimes be present otherwise.
The periods just before sleep occurs and
just after are points at which
hallucinatory experiences most often
arise. Hypnogogic and hypnopompic
hallucinations are formed when the brain
is either entering or leaving the sleep
cycle and the formations can produce
startling real images in some cases. Panic
threshold as a consequence is not
uncommon.
If the hallucinations are occurring at
times other than described above, then
consideration of evaluation may be
warranted if the visual imagery is vivid
or real to you, if auditory hallucinations
accompany the visual content and if you
experience other sensations such as
tactile, etc. during the episodes. It is
uncommon for hallucinations to occur under
normal waking hours and rarely can
exposure to photographic content such as
that described result in active
hallucinations in the absence of a
previously known disorder.
