hallucination

The Bollox

is it normal to hallucinate while in bed? I mean when you are drowsy. I have had a few cases of this, I didn't have one for a few months and then one hit me last night. I was lying in bed after a quick snooze for about 30 mins (so this is about 12:30 am) when I looked up at the wall beside my bed and saw a pretty big spider, a little smaller maybe then an average tarantula. I got the sudden shock of seeing it climbing, but then a second spider ran up out of nowhere and attacked the first one (I got the strange feeling that the first one was mine, (even tho I have never owned one) they fought for a few seconds and then one (I think) fell down between the bed and the wall. After it fell I noticed the other was gone and said to myself 'it's just another one of those visions' lay my head back down on the pillow and tried to get asleep with the fear still there. about 5 mins later I sprang up because I heard the scuttering of a spider up the sheet from where the hallucination fell. it took me a minute or two to take control of my fear and stupidity and reason with the events, eventually I got to sleep.

what I want to know is: are these kinds of thing normal? I mean could it be a psychological thing? I have got a fear of spiders, not a phobia as such, I don't run from them or anything, it's just the way they move or something, I dunnoit just creeps me out

Riamfada

a) perhaps you have spiders in your room?
b)perhaps you were dreaming while still awake/alseep at the same time ie: concious of the world around you but actually in lala land.Happens to me when Im jaded.
c)you could have serious psychological problems and should go get a Brain scan asap. . But thats not likely unless you hallucinate during the day which rules out A and B
d)stupid question but drugs can cause this?? . LSD has for example causes hallucinations even 20 years after taking it. AFAIK

The Bollox

well it's not C or D because I don't have them during the day, and I only very rarly smoke pot, and don't touch anything harder.

I think it's B tbh, even tho I have seen the odd spider in my room (who hasn't?) I have had this kinda thing happen before where I think something happened then I 'wake up' and still feel like it has happened

Riamfada

actaully I had a very simular experience last night. At about 2am i was drifting off when all of a suddon the top lid of a biro smacked me in the head and I jumped and swore i could feel it though there was no pain afterwards. It felt very real but the shock fully woke me up . An example of sleep/concious images melding together

The_Minister

I'd say b). Happens all the time particularly when I'm tired but was active just before going to bed. Often I snap out of it by thinking what time is it? Oh ****! college!