What if hallucinations are real?

Question

What if all those "crazy" people are actually seeing other dimensions or...well *something* that actually exists.

Let's stop quibbling over what hallucination and real means. Yes I know by definition hallucionations are not real and if they're real they're not hallucinations. I'm asking "What if what we *consider* hallucinations are, in fact, real?"

Answer 1

Then, I am really NOT married? Cool!!!

Answer 2

If we were to side step the "proof" factor and make the assumption that hallucinations which people with (what we call) mental illnesses might see are actually real, we could potentially open the door new studies of research. While the possibility seems very unlikely given the scientific approach to this "problem space", for those with the faith that the unexplained is exactly that: unexplained (rather than being scientifically untrue or impossible), it is those people who tend to take the bigger leaps in mentality. It are these people who find the answers for the unexpected and/or the unexplained.

The definition of hallucinations leads to a mentality of the impossible. But if we are to take the leap of faith and state that in some realm these instances which most cannot see are actually "something", we have moved past the impossibilities into an entirely different place. Maybe these elements are, as you have stated, from another dimension, possibly they are what we know to be ghosts, or even other-worldly beings. Whatever they are, real, unreal, visible, invisible or likewise, it takes the faith of just one person to find a truth and actually believe that although no one else sees this "something" you know it is real.

In the end, IF these elements are in fact real in some sense, those who believe it to be so, must take the next step in informing the "blind" of the realities which you have found.

Answer 3

Some sort of proof would be required to make that much of a leap of logic...
For example, if that were true there should be some sort of consistency among hallucinations (they would all show at least some elements in common) -- no such correlation has ever been found.
Additionally, there is very good evidence, from MRI and CAT scans of brains when hallucinations are occuring, that can directly show the cause of such hallucinations to be imbalances in brain chemistry or physical damage to the brain (either caused by injury or genetic). Any theory that these things are "real" would have to prove those test results invalid -- and again, there is no such evidence.

You can "what if" all you want to, but doing so without any evidence to back up your "what if" scenarios won't get you anywhere in actually finding out what's going on...

Answer 4

Just like what happens in the movie "the sixth sense", hallucinations can be real. While people of other religions or from Western countries believe that it is a mental disease, we cannot deny the fact that there is a possibility that there are ghosts in the world. Buddhism suggests that incarnation is true. If it is true, it means that some people do have the ability to see the souls of dead people. Certain people perceive that having hallucinations is cracy, but they just judge from their own point of views. No one can answer this question perfectly until we find out when we die.

Answer 5

, One possible answer would be that they are premonitions. Many people have experienced this and documentation is available. Another version of this is prophecy.
If these are visible to only one person, in a group it may also be explained as visual acuity due to light doing strange things. Many people have seen distinct and vivid views of the skyline of a city across the great lakes on a clear night. This has been seen by many people from a point farther than direct site because or refraction through cold clear air, while others close by saw nothing.

Answer 6

i can't unquestionably say from own adventure through fact I even have in no way had any hallucinations. yet i do get ocular migraine and notice strange waves and get strange imaginative and prescient. Its the main strange factor ever. and that i did paintings in psychological wellbeing with people who had schizophrenia, one lady could hallucinate that snakes have been crawling on her palms. it replaced into VERY actual to her, purely comparable to auditory hallucinations are very actual to the guy listening to them. the recommendations is a strange factor certainly! do you have any first hand adventure of hallucinations your self?

Answer 7

I suspect the interpretation of hallucinations as being real is actually the real origin of most of the world's religions.

It would certainly explain an awful lot of the Bible and the Qu'ran...

Answer 8

Try studying the teachings of Buddha, also start reading as much as you can about Physics. I would suggest The Future of Quantum Cosmology, by Stephen Hawking. Einstein's Trauma by Stephen Hawking, Space & Time Warps by Stephen Hawking.
The reason I suggest so many books by Hawking is because he is good at explaining things to the layperson so to speak. If you are already adapt at Physics, I would suggest Michle Kaku

Answer 9

Reality is a matter of perception. Largely, people agree upon a certain 'reality', but, there are any number of intangibles you could argue aren't 'real' but people accept them as real. PROVE love. It's a matter of perception, but most people won't argue it's existence. Prove any emotional state for that matter.

To most people, God is real, to the atheist there is no God. But neither can prove nor disprove the validity or reality of.

If a person perceives it, it IS real to them. It's just a question of how it conflicts with the opinion of 'the masses.'

Answer 10

Got a deeper thought for you. Some of those crazy people might have tried and failed to cross over into those other dimensions they are seeing. Who would believe them?

Every year some people go missing. A few of them might have succeeded in crossing over to other dimensions. Those who fail, though, are caught between.

Put that in your pipe and smoke it.

Answer 11

If "something" actually exists then it's not a hallucination. If they are real the so be it. No big deal - our imaginations and Hollywood make them frightening.