Paralusions

Paralusions are abnormal perceptions characterized by a wide variety of perceptual disturbances:

Hallucinations that are primarly visual and tactile (along with other sensory inputs) accompanied by psychedelic/mystical trips, and not perceiving things that are present (nihilusion) or sensory distortions. Hallucinations are said to be compensation for the extreme, intense feelings of hyper-reality. The most common visual hallucinations are animals or strange creatures, some report seeing aura or energy emanating from things they see. Which differentiate paralusions from normal hallcunations.

People with paralusions often report mystical, dream experiences that interferes with time and space, along with distortion of time and perception. At most severe cases, the person will stay in a dream-like trance state, they are like in another world. Some of these psychedelic experiences included either spiritual benefits or nightmarish visions resulting in profound distress if not even lifelong trauma caused by near-death experiences.

People with paralusions may also see the objects in their environment as if they we're moving, but they aren't,

Another form of paralusion is the recurrent deformation of external stimuli, as for example, visual abstraction is commonly reported, it is reported that Louis Wain was progressively collapsing into a state of total paralusion, his visual field became more and more abstract, he drew "psychedelic cats" to show his experience.

The only differences between hallucinations and paralusions are the fact that in paralusions, the patient does not know whether these perturbances are real or not but they are known to be subjective experiences.

All forms of paralusion have been listed below:


 * Hallucinations, primarly visual and tactile
 * Distorted perception of time and space
 * Distorted perception of the outside world
 * Paresthesia and synesthesia
 * Mystical and psychedelic experiences
 * Dizziness
 * Lightheadedness
 * Vertigo
 * Psychogenic fever (usually triggered by hysteria)