(First, happy birthday! Hope it's an excellent one :) )
That's kind of a cool story, then! Are you in research or practice, if you don't mind me asking?
And true, when I'm not frustrated and annoyed with my brain for functioning (or malfunctioning) the way it does, it's pretty incredible to think about.
The hallucinations were rough when they first started happening, because they didn't start until I was in college. They generally pass fairly quickly-- it's usually just about a minute before they disappear. It's usually spiders or some sort of indistinct creature, but the worst ever was when I woke up hallucinating that someone else was in my bed with me. It took me about ten minutes to get over it, and I almost woke up my roommate at the time to ask for help.
Even that is sort of just odd now as a memory, though, terrifying as it was at the time.
(/cool story, thanks for sharing with the class, etc.)
Re: Sleep disorders
That's kind of a cool story, then! Are you in research or practice, if you don't mind me asking?
And true, when I'm not frustrated and annoyed with my brain for functioning (or malfunctioning) the way it does, it's pretty incredible to think about.
The hallucinations were rough when they first started happening, because they didn't start until I was in college. They generally pass fairly quickly-- it's usually just about a minute before they disappear. It's usually spiders or some sort of indistinct creature, but the worst ever was when I woke up hallucinating that someone else was in my bed with me. It took me about ten minutes to get over it, and I almost woke up my roommate at the time to ask for help.
Even that is sort of just odd now as a memory, though, terrifying as it was at the time.
(/cool story, thanks for sharing with the class, etc.)