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For as long as I can remember I have this thing where I hear sounds, voices and sometimes see things depending on how tired I am. It almost never happens when m

For as long as I can remember I have this thing where I hear sounds, voices and sometimes see things depending on how tired I am. It almost never happens when moving around, it sometimes happen when sitting still and often happens when trying to sleep or wake up in the morning. But always goes away as soon as I move around or start using my brain somehow. However when consuming THC these symptoms are heightened to something that feels like 50x and they occur even when awake and moving around. The symptoms are also heightened a little bit when consuming alcohol and especially when trying to sleep. If I stay up very late it's also a lot more intense when trying to sleep. I consume a lot of caffeine in general, but I don't think it heightens my symptoms directly. Maybe indirectly it makes me stay up longer depending on when I consume. (I've had cats most of my life too!)

aatd86 3y ago
That's interesting. Usually, I would ask if you have ever had difficulties focusing your attention, some ADHD? How do you grade your visualization? Can you create a scene in your head and control it 100%? How often do you get a random song stuck in your head? I think that more people are prone to this than they think but they are simply not aware. Some people start realizing things when they end up trying some kinds of meditation practice and since they are not in control and somewhat clueless about what's happening internally, for some of them it sends them off the rails (hence the stories we hear about meditation triggering psychosis etc...) Some people never experience such things as well. For some, it comes later. Talking to oneself is fine. Feeling external thoughts, emotions and even minor loss of self agency in motor control is something else and I think that some rationalizations could make sense. But the current lack of understanding is leading people to handwave (not every scientist is so handwavy of course). There is an issue of depersonalization such as seems to be the case with your friend. All these things are really not understood and the nervous system alongside the brain is quite inscrutable for now.
- CapsAdmin 3y ago
  Your questions seem eerily targeted haha I have issues with attention, such that I easily get distracted when trying to focus on something. I struggle holding a visual image in my head as it easily deteroitates, it's also very faint. I'm not sure what's normal here but I remember I could do this more easily when using THC, even when the effects start wearing down. It's also easier to do in the morning when I wake up before I start moving. I feel like I have some song stuck in my head all the time. It's almost always a new song when I wake up from sleep. I also have somatic tinnitus from what I understand. It's not like the beeping you get in your ear once in a while, it comes more from the center, is very high frequency with many overlapping frequencies and sounds a bit modulated. It also gets louder if I clench my teeth or stretch muscles.

aatd86 3y ago

That's interesting. Usually, I would ask if you have ever had difficulties focusing your attention, some ADHD? How do you grade your visualization? Can you create a scene in your head and control it 100%? How often do you get a random song stuck in your head? I think that more people are prone to this than they think but they are simply not aware. Some people start realizing things when they end up trying some kinds of meditation practice and since they are not in control and somewhat clueless about what's happening internally, for some of them it sends them off the rails (hence the stories we hear about meditation triggering psychosis etc...) Some people never experience such things as well. For some, it comes later. Talking to oneself is fine. Feeling external thoughts, emotions and even minor loss of self agency in motor control is something else and I think that some rationalizations could make sense. But the current lack of understanding is leading people to handwave (not every scientist is so handwavy of course). There is an issue of depersonalization such as seems to be the case with your friend. All these things are really not understood and the nervous system alongside the brain is quite inscrutable for now.

CapsAdmin 3y ago
Your questions seem eerily targeted haha I have issues with attention, such that I easily get distracted when trying to focus on something. I struggle holding a visual image in my head as it easily deteroitates, it's also very faint. I'm not sure what's normal here but I remember I could do this more easily when using THC, even when the effects start wearing down. It's also easier to do in the morning when I wake up before I start moving. I feel like I have some song stuck in my head all the time. It's almost always a new song when I wake up from sleep. I also have somatic tinnitus from what I understand. It's not like the beeping you get in your ear once in a while, it comes more from the center, is very high frequency with many overlapping frequencies and sounds a bit modulated. It also gets louder if I clench my teeth or stretch muscles.