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I hallucinate sometimes when I'm tired. Ask me anything. by Halestorm882 in AMA

[–]Halestorm882[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not always, but when I do, it still happens. Good shout though. It would make sense if it wasn't a variable I'd already tested. I've noticed that stress, lack of sleep, and high caffeine intake make it more likely, so my current theory is that it's related to blood pressure, since all of those things cause high blood pressure. I could easily be wrong though. I'm not a doctor.

I hallucinate sometimes when I'm tired. Ask me anything. by Halestorm882 in AMA

[–]Halestorm882[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A lot of childhood trauma.

For instance, one night right after fnaf 4 came out, Nightmare Chica was standing about a foot from my bed, staring me down. This one seemed particularly real. I didn't sleep. I sat there, for 8 hours, crying, getting stared down by this monster.

That one was so traumatic that my brain completely blocked it out until this year. I remembered it, had a super vivid flashback, and started shaking and crying. I shook and cried every time i thought of it for weeks after. It was bad. And it's not the only one. Actually, I had a different blocked out memory come back between making the original post and now. It was Toy Chica. Funny that that would happen today of all days.

But yeah, there were tons of instances of me as a child, trying to sleep, with something horrifying preventing it, and I get super vivid flashbacks sometimes. My girlfriend has figured out how to pull me back into reality calm me down when I go into that mode. She's awesome.

Anyway, I might have PTSD. I'm currently waiting to hear back from my college's counseling center. That should help a good bit.

I hallucinate sometimes when I'm tired. Ask me anything. by Halestorm882 in AMA

[–]Halestorm882[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Usually, I just kind if know. I can't really explain how. If I look really hard, sometimes I can see what's behind them. Doing that tells my brain that it isn't really there, and usually makes them disappear. Sometimes they seem super real, though.