Visual Hallucination - Text Responces

Questions:

11. Do you hallucinate visually? (yes or no)

Percent Yes
Percent No
Margin of Error
96.7 %
2.3 %
+/- 4 % (n=61)

 

12. If yes to question 11, please choose what you see from the following list:

Type of hallucination
Percent
trails
91.8 %
things "breathing" (such as walls, furniture. etc.)
78.7 %
vivid and moving color patterns behind closed eyes
93.4 %
see faces, weird creatures, bodies in paneling, carpeting, etc. (Visual Illusions)
60.7 %
things take on a chalky appearance
34.4 %
paisley looking shapes
52.4 %

 

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Textual Descriptions of Visual Hallucinations by Subject:

Subject ID
12g. Textual Responces: Other Visual Hallucinations
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I tend to see auras around people where the colors coincide with what feelings I have for them. For example -- If I have good feelings towards them, then i see brightly colored haloes around them, but on the other hand, if I dislike them, then the haloes generate a blackish color and feelings of hat red toward the person.
2
God, I've probably seen all of these at one time or another. Mainly, I see the best patterns in things that are repetitive and generally uninteresting, such as wallpaper and carpet. I've never done them in an outdoor setting (only either at home or in a club) so I've kinda missed out on that. I've never really seen any "real" hallucinations except for when I (stupidly) took a bunch of Merazeine, which is a deleriant, not a hallucinogen. Mostly what I see are distortions of reality, but not purely fictitious forms. My favorite thing was always to close my eyes and just see amazing visions. After a while I couldn't tell whether my eyes were even open or closed.. I'm sure you know that feeling.
3
All of the above, and then some! The only "other" than I can think of is one time I saw little green men darting around the room, behind furniture and such. And I only saw their movements, they were quick.
4
Patterns become evident, such as a grid pattern that was part of the carpet, but it becomes much more pronounced. The book _Essential Substances_ has a listing of the most common patterns and I find it to be quite accurate. Colors also become more intense.
5
All of the above but in regards to patterns they all seem in some way associated and seem to link across cultures celtic and arabic scrolls similar to south american decorative patterns repeated again in roccoco and art nouveau patterns etc also images of cogs chains mechanical links diagramatic patterns molocules and cuitcuit boards
6
every thing is made up of these purple and green paisley shaped things. everything. I look at my wall, and I know its white, but it isn't when im tripping I've seen flames in my carpetting when i'm peaking on lsd, my vision gets distorted, kind of like looking through a lens(?)
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energy fields surrounding people
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mandalas, triangles
11
usually all over, esp. in the gonads, stomach, chest
12
I once would swear that I heard the sound of the universe while on peyote. And while on acid I would often take a small 'trip' into a picture, a television show, etc. There are many stories like this if you want more I could supply.
13
a.trails - once c. vivid and moving color patterns behind closed eyes. - once when falling asleep e. things take on a chalky appearance: Once my vision went to bubbly grey-and-white porridge and i could only see normally in a very small hole in the centre of my vision field. This only lasted for a couple of minutes. g. other (please specify - take as much space as you need): Once green and red patterns of carpet went into circular movement.
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Celtic patterns, fractals, animated objects (like cartoons).
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Changes in light and colour (flux) inner visions overwhelming exterior visual sensation
21
complete visions inside of a circular kind of window the edges of which expand out forever but with less detail - all the interest and action and detail remains at the center of the circle (mandala- like) was playing with some plaster sculpture at the start of the trip and the plaster seemed to be moving and melting and breathing saw "the devil" - inside of a mandala, among many many other things
22
YES YES YES - very paisley, lacey shapes
23
once saw the lights on top of a building swirling colors. usually things seem to take on a crisper, more beautiful appearance,especially nature. ie clouds trees colors
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constant patterning on everything. warping.
27
breathing:better described as 'rippling', yes.
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29
Fire, Angels, Demons, Naked figures, the whole world violently shift, plants alive, anything is possible you can see whatever you want to. You can control everything you see and manipulate IF you want to.
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I can levitate items in front of me. Simply throw my show into the air and it floats there. I can also dissolve the universe by rolling my eyes in my head.
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37
The main hallucination I get is a fractal pattern somewhat resembling frost crystals on a car window, and at the same time, the 'branches' of the frost-like pattern, or snowflake, always have a skull/bones sort of appearance. Always. I see these patterns overlaying everything -well, not so much overlaying, as just being there. This is very hard to explain. Basically, everything I look at will form a part of this pattern in some manner. I could look into a room, and find that the couch, chairs, television, carpeting, ceiling-patterns, etc, all fit together into the bizarre frosty-fractal-bones pattern. The couch might be, for example, one of the skulls in this pattern, the chairs might be bones... It's a very personal thing and I suppose I cannot even hope to explain it with much accuracy. I've never once had a "realistic" hallucination (ie, something besides patterns, or color changes, or morphing/breathing), although occasionally I will "imagine" something and "believe" it to be there, without actually seeing it. For example, once I was looking at a sketch a friend had made of several skulls (for an anthropology class), and saw, in my minds eye, these skulls all zooming towards me from all different directions. I couldn't actually see them, but I believed they were there nonetheless. The other interesting hallucinogenic effect I get is perceiving people as various different things, or seeing whatever part of their body they are currently using become very suited to whatever task they are doing. For example, a friend was cleaning up his table, and suddenly he simply became a "maid" or "mother/housewife" happily cleaning away, his hands starting to resemble feather dusters (resemble, didn't actually see dusters). Another time, our regular acid dealer had come over and started doing lines of coke (this scared the hell out of me, as it was only my second trip and things were hard enough to deal with, without someone doing a hard drug which I had never been in contact before in my life, and was somewhat anxious about), and his nose became absolutely huge, because I noticed him sniffling and blowing his nose constantly. I've also seen people start to resemble toads, or elves, or whatever. Often I'll stand in front of a mirror and watch myself morph into various different things - a king, a bandit, a businessman, etc. I'm rambling, and I'm sure you have other responses to go thru, so...
38
spiderweb consisting of millions of star-like objects
39
visions of events and people behind closed eyes
40
people trembling dirty walls have depth about 6 inches to 1 foot a "super 3d" effect looking at vegetation (eg grass) close up things shooting across field of vision, whole visual field brightness & colour fluctuations (period a few seconds) on largish dozes of MDMA/MDA multiple "freeze-frame" of moving objects. stringy stuff -- mainly around my head the "toytown" effect - everything is skewed, looks like it was carelessly moulded from plasticene - unpleasant effect. multiple copies of things eg roomful of copies of a friend's smile - neutral effect cracks appearing in the visual field - often seems to split into about 5 parts. Harbinger of a big trip. once (on mushrooms + LSD) entire visual field overlaid with a fine gauze - a mosaic sort of effect. "movies" unrelated to current surroundings running in parts of visual field usually only when severely frightened -- helicopters, swat teams, that sort of thing. Also friends who were not there -- this last more like the collages below. complete loss of vision accompanied by "symbolic" images. Examples - spheres withing spheres, writhing toothpaste, complex erotic collage (MDMA+LSD), complex violent collage - claw, teeth (took this to be birth) coloured pulsating stuff (stimulated by eating an orange) generalised weird "stuff" - like a substance or medium. Hard to describe & not only visual but all senses, usually has some sort of relation to what was last happening.
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others as well, of course. Too varied and indescribable to list,really.
44
Things seem to come "alive" all around me. It's as if the world wakes up, and my eyes become engulfed in all of the sights and sounds.
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Visions of incredibly large spaces, of "other worlds", thought process almost completely visual(ized), things(real) transmutating into other (unreal)things, difficuties in focusing (LSD),... Cannot read books - letters running around pages.
48
Ghost-like visions, true borders are not easy to define on people, buildings, etc
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Answer: all of the above, and "real" hallucinations at larger doses, such as beatiful sceneries, starskies, the room that I'm in becomes a jungle or an arctic landscape and so on. Sometimes when I close my eyes I can see complex networks, or some kind of huge matrix.
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I have seen many, many patterns and shapes, but more of the mandala variety. Very intricate and perfectly symmetrical patterns of unbelievable beauty and clarity. Occasionally I would see what you could term "Renaissance works." Statues, etchings, or paintings of great detail and beauty in granite mountains, or on land formations, in clouds or the grain of wood. Sometimes these things would appear in total darkness where there were no "real world" templates to permutate into the other images. Also, at times, entire "worlds" or "rooms" of incredible grandeur and immensity would appear. Sometimes with beams of golden light shining in through huge stained glass windows on the ceiling onto marble or fine wood floors. The rooms would have huge columns with incredible carvings flowing up and around them to the ceilings. It was truly awe inspiring and beautiful. I felt at the time that these were actually places and I was actually there. It was amazing. One thing that was interesting during one of these "room" visions was that I jumped up on my feet and began running around the room, leaping and turning and jumping to the most beautiful music. It was very baroque. Very European and very haunting. Then suddenly I realized that I must be OBE because my physical body was lying inside a sewer pipe about 3 feet in diameter and there was no way in hell I could be doing what I was doing. (We used to do Acid in the sewers. It was an incredible place to trip! So you don't worry: they were actually runoff drains that ran throughout the city for draining off excess rain, so they were usually quite clean. You could go for miles and miles underground and end up just about anywhere. It was a real magical adventure.......then. Not sure I'd do that now.)
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A note of clarification: a and c on acid every time, b once (last weekend, it was a bathtub), d only on jimsonweed
54
see things that look like tree branches, after images, green and purple things, there are numerous layers to my hallucinations
55
I CAN SEE THE PORES IN MY FACE, AND THE SKIN LOOKS LIKE IT'S MOVING* *I ONCE SAW A GIRAFFE IN THE PARK IN THE TREES*
56
Computer graphic-like light objects, made of pixels. Also, Aztec and Mayan codices are a major theme. I do not take visuals seriously because they are only a mainfest of the subconscious mind juxtaposed with the normal scanning pattern of reality. The Tibetan Book of the Dead calls this state Second Bardo. Actually, an ideal experience for me no longer involves hallucinations, because First Bardo transcendent states are healthier, more insightful, and will affect you forever. To exist without an ego, only a clear, rational, awakened mind, which is unformed and an intangible but intelligent void, is true liberation. One can tap into the subconscious mind in such a state.
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indescribable
59
yes, infrequently//i see faces and creatures all the time anyway (w/out) where i am has a lot to do with it
60
trails, paisley looking shapes, breathing, faces etc. (not every time but i do see these things but not always during the same trip)
61
I SEE PATTERNS ON FLAT, WELL LIT SURFACES. VERY SIMPLE LINES IN THESE PATTERNS (REPETETIVE), BUT I CANNOT SEE A DEFINITE REPETITION AS IN WALLPAPER. ANOTHER WORDS, THE DIFFERENCE IS VERY SUBTLE. AS WELL, EACH TIME I TRIP, INSIDE OR OUTSIDE, I SEE WHAT IN SHORT COULD BE DESCRIBED AS TRANSLUSCENT TURBULENCE. THIS IMAGE DOES NOT PASS THROUGH OBJECTS...OR EFFECT OBJECTS. IT APPEARS TO ME AS A GASEOUS SUBSTANCE THAT SWIRLS AROUND IN THE AIR. TRANSPARENT, BUT WITH LITTLE AREAS SHINING WITH THE COLORS OF THE SPECTRUM ON IT. I USE THE WORD TURBULENCE BECAUSE IT APPEARS TO MOVE WITH THE DYNAMICS OF SOMETHING HUGE.
62
low doses give patterns; straight lines with LSD, curved with psilocybin. higher doses give arabesque architecture, intricate machinery, complex pictures visuals are usually driven by music
 

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