Still, one day you're sitting in your car, driving down the highway, alone. It's dark, the radio is off and you're listening the sound of pavement humming under the wheels. Then, a leprechaun appears in the passenger seat and calls you an asshole.
**Seriosuly, this guy is a douchebag.
Wait, What the fuck is Going On?
We think of hallucinations as the hallmark of mental illness and they are, but they are also shockingly common in people with absolutely no mental problems at all. It may happen once, and never happen again. And once more, some of you who are reading this have experienced it, whether you know it or not.
For instance, about 15 percent of people surveyed say they've had auditory hallucinations, the most common being the sound of voices, often your name, spoken aloud right as you're falling asleep.
It's not known how common visual hallucinations are, since they so often get reported as ghost/alien/angel/etc. sightings. But it is known that such hallucinations can include seeing animals or even inanimate objects.
In other words, there's a chance you have had a hallucination and to this day don't realize the object was never actually there.
Oh, it gets even more fucked up.
Ever had that eerie experience when you feel someone or something is in the room with you? Particularly in the dark? Or maybe you just feel like you're "being watched." That "sense of presence," the normal feeling you get when near another person, only felt while alone, is another type of hallucination.
It can happen to you?
Probably half of you have experienced some type of hallucination, whether you remember it or not. The auditory hallucinations are so common there is a support group now specifically for these people who hear voices but who are not schizophrenic and who don't have any other crazy symptoms.
Now, if you're thinking it would be hilarious to have your ventriloquist friend sit in on one of those meetings, be sure to get me the video.
i want to see that video.
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