Not delusions(where you believe something is real that isn’t), hallucinations specifically.
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really depends what u mean. auditory hallucinations most likely will not be in the voice of ur internal monologue – and if they are in the voice of ur internal monologue and ur saying things that are untrue, then those are delusions, if u believe them. when ur saying things in ur head like “oh i wonder what the difference in this train of thought and a hallucination is” then thats a thought. if u hear a voice telling u michael jackson wants u to kill ur dog, thats a hallucination. usually
Ok…. I see OP is having a lot of trouble with understanding their own question.
Let’s do an analogy.
Regular thinking is like reading a novel.
A hallucination is like watching a movie.
A delusion is going to a convention and thinking that the actors from the movie are actually the characters.
Imagine you are stranded in the desert. Thirst sets in and you start hallucinating and seeing mirages. You are desperately scanning the horizon for some way to survive and monkey brain pattern finding says oh hey that looks like it might be an oasis up ahead! But, its still pretty early on in this expedition and you know its hella unlikely its actually an oasis. The hallucination is the sensory input being wack. But your mental state and ability to work it out keeps it from being a delusion.
Fast forward a bit and the thirst is killing you. Now its getting hard to think and you start getting more delirious. Now when you see another mirage, you are convinced it must surely be an oasis! You run up and pool a scaling handful of sand up to your mouth and it feels cool as ice as you sip back a burning gulp of sand. When you stop having the mental capacity to distinguish the erroneous sensory input, it becomes a delusion. Its still a hallucination, it doesnt actually exist, but you are delusional and can’t tell the difference anymore.
I believe I been through both on a regular basis, but some consider me thinking too much. Do I need to see a brain doctor?
As long as you know that hallucinations are just that (for example, you know you took LSD) then there isn’t much difference between that and just imagination.
Your brain is creating something that isn’t there, but you could say the same about making up a story in your head deliberately.
The biggest difference really is that hallucinations are uncontrolled. Your brain is coming up with new ideas and visions, sometimes strongly enough that they overwhelm your normal perception.
Take some LSD and you will know yourself. In this particular case there are some hallucinations that normally aren’t possible – for example strong synesthesia. Imagine listening to music and feeling that *the music* is wet and sticky. Does it sound weird? It is, very much so.
A hallucination is a sensory thing. Like a dream where you “see” things in your mind that aren’t really there, a hallucination is like a dream your mind made up that hits your senses when you are conscious therefore creating the illusion that it is there.
It can hit all 5 at once (typically schizophrenia)
Maybe it just hits your sense of vision (seeing things that only your mind thinks is there)
Maybe it hits your sense of touch (ahh there’s bugs on me I feel it)
Maybe it hits your hearing (I know I can hear someone talking from my closet every night and we have convos)
So hallucinations are generally the result of a brain disorder, or so they call it lol. Could be withdrawal, lack of sleep, schizophrenia, and also more recently terminal illnesses. In this case, a hallucination can also be your minds way of processing information that may be too extreme and abrupt for your emotions and body to handle at that time, therefore the information shoots to your senses and people experience that information through that of a hallucination.
I tried to explain it in a way that would make sense lol it’s actually a really cool topic to get into! Some people actually enjoy their hallucinations as long as they are aware that it is in fact just your minds way of processing information by way of your 5 senses. Hope that helps!
As someone with Schitzophrenia yes hallucinating is definitely different than regular thinking. Think of hallucinations like a movie, these hallucinations for me happen randomly and I see it in front of my vision, like it’s actually there. Whereas regular thinking it’s like being in the back of your mind and not seeing it as if it was actually there.
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