Hyperphantasia is not schizophrenia. There is only a single point of similarity between them. I am not schizophrenic, but if I meditate and hover on the edge o

Hyperphantasia is not schizophrenia. There is only a single point of similarity between them. I am not schizophrenic, but if I meditate and hover on the edge of sleep, I can visualize scenery so real that my brain reacts as though I am actually seeing it with my physical eyes. My favorites are a flame floating the the dark, a beautiful red apple rotating in space, and an endless green field of tall grass to run through. I can also intentionally hallucinate audible sounds, but that is less fun and more creepy because every time I do it I immediately follow up with, "My God, I am hearing sounds that don't exist. Am I going crazy?" Either way, both of these things freaked me out, because I went from being in the headspace of wondering if I could do it to actually doing in within minutes. There's a certain sensation that comes along with it for me, very hard to describe, but it's almost like my head is buzzing or my ears pop, and a small wave of euphoria hits as well. After looking into it, apparently, the right kinds of meditation and thoughtful practice can induce realistic hallucinations and simultaneously release DMT, a powerful psychoactive agent that your brain can produce on its own, but is also a substance found in ritual hallucinogens like ayahuasca, and I am already very visually/spatially facile and have excellent sonic memory, so much so that I have figured out the words in a song by replaying it in my mind. Thinking back on it, this is ironic because I had an audio processing disorder as a kid, I could never tell most of the words singers were saying and had difficulty with the letter R. I specifically remember not being able to spell "iron" from being told the word because it is pronounced "i earn" instead of "i ron", and according to my evil grandmother I pronounced "car" in a funny way, but I don't remember this and she was unable to explain to me exactly how I used to mispronounce it or why she thought it was funny.