Not so scary hallucinations
Hello. This is my first post on here - just thought you should know.

Over the last 6 years or so I've started developing some interesting hallucinations during the night. I normally wake up in the middle of the night and see things flying around or floating towards me. These hallucinations used to take on the form of quite harrowing beasts - a barking vicious dog, prehistoric insects, thousands of snakes, etc.

However as I've become more familiar with them I seem to be getting it slightly under control. I will wake up and see these things, then stare them down until they eventually disappear (usually when I'm fully awake). Recently they've also been moving away from the giant insects and becoming a lot less harrowing too. In the last 3 weeks I've had hallucinations as follows:

- Flip-flops floating towards me out my cupboard
- A baby's hand coming out of my bedside cabinet
- A Corby Trouser Press

Chilling!
(lonely_monkey, Tue 28 Jul 2009, 12:23, 8 replies)

Haha
I get it too, but less intense / surreal. Its just after waking up whilst still not really awake. Can be terrifying.

The best one was when I woke up and hallucinated a kind of hunched, hag-like old woman lurking over the bed and went "AAARRRRRGGGHHHH" and woke my wife up. She screamed of course, further convincing me that we were being lurked at, inciting more shouting from me and, in turn, more screaming from her.

Thus ensued several minutes of hiding under the covers together screaming for no reason.

*Edit - Ultralurkage!!! Some sort of medal deserved there.
( Throat And Ice Pie I see dem tatties dere., Tue 28 Jul 2009, 14:55, closed)

haha
pissed myself laughing at the thought of two adults just hiding under the bedcovers and screaming their nuts off. My hat off to you sir, for a most amusing image
(SoneMe, Tue 28 Jul 2009, 17:38, closed)

it was bloody hilarious
Makes me smile thinking about it.
( Throat And Ice Pie I see dem tatties dere., Tue 28 Jul 2009, 18:13, closed)

Worth a click...
...just for the corby trouser press.
(Falco, Tue 28 Jul 2009, 16:19, closed)

Heh
Indeed. "Corby Trouser Press" is fast becoming one of those phrases that's just inexplicably funny.
(Neil_E_There didn't the Aussies used to be good at cricket?, Tue 28 Jul 2009, 19:34, closed)

Indeed
I said "Corby Trouser Press!" when Michael Jackson died.

Well, I didn't really, but for the sake of humour let's just say I did.
(lonely_monkey, Wed 29 Jul 2009, 10:38, closed)

I should add
Not because it was inexplicably funny......just thought I'd clear that up :)
(lonely_monkey, Wed 29 Jul 2009, 10:39, closed)

*Click*
Does anyone els efind it strange that a baby's hand coming out of the bedside cabinet made it onto the 'less harrowing' list!
(robbersdog, Thu 30 Jul 2009, 11:02, closed)