What if hallucinations are real?

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swamp elf	thas not too possible if you have read what some of them see or hear yuck Was this answer helpful to you? Yes / No

Lexa	They are. Get over the fact that people become possessed. Was this answer helpful to you? Yes / No

Blunt Honesty	Well, it does exist in their mind. It is random firings of neurons. That's what a hallucination is. They are real for them. But they don't physically exist in normal reality. I guess you can't prove they don't exist in another reality, but if frogs had wings, they wouldn't bump their @ss when jumping. Was this answer helpful to you? Yes / No

Bored Enough To Be Here	They told me to tell you that they are not real. Was this answer helpful to you? Yes / No

*~BellEza MexICaNa~*	it exists Was this answer helpful to you? Yes / No

sametefe	The brain is powerful and complex that when it malfunctions it can create its own still and motion pictures with sounds.I will say hallucination is dreaming in broad day light. Was this answer helpful to you? Yes / No

lou b	Hi Aggrippinna. What a lovely avatar. What's the kitty's name? Trust me....my Mum is 86 and suffers from a condition called Benet Syndrome.. .....but it is real enough to her although she knows it don't actually exist. Was this answer helpful to you? Yes / No

welltraveledprog	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... Was this answer helpful to you? Yes / No

Yoda	Then they wouldn't be hallucinations then would they Was this answer helpful to you? Yes / No

mel	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. Was this answer helpful to you? Yes / No

hardbringer26	yes i have seen things that are not there. on time i thought i saw my dog at school. and one time there was this row of aliens that there heads exploded and this green stuff came out. (i have a lot more but i dont want to waste ur time so)and one time i saw my dad in my parents door way(i was like 6 when this one happend) and my dad was in the bed sleeping then it turned in to like an angle of hell if u will it was so fin scary. and ya i would say there real but there from hell or something Was this answer helpful to you? Yes / No

pita	could you then please hallucinate that someone gives me $$$. ty Was this answer helpful to you? Yes / No

terry f	yeah hit that crack pipe for me to. Was this answer helpful to you? Yes / No

tirebiter	That would be cool Was this answer helpful to you? Yes / No

watcherofmankind	Hallucinations are real. Was this answer helpful to you? Yes / No

papadoc528	that's why they call them hallucinations,---because they are not real. Was this answer helpful to you? Yes / No

Craig B	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. Was this answer helpful to you? Yes / No

Jeffweiser	Then it is us that do not see,that suffer the loss of some reality. Let's say that someone claims that God speaks to them.Who are we to say otherwise? What about the people that claim to understand what animals are saying? That all creatures have a language? It might be reality....Just that we are unable to see it. Was this answer helpful to you? Yes / No

X&Y	what we are figments and hallucinations are actually hallucinating us... I have often considered the possibility of being a filbert, but never a figment... this is deep Was this answer helpful to you? Yes / No

acid_reflux27	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 Was this answer helpful to you? Yes / No

itsbob1	, 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. Was this answer helpful to you? Yes / No

gyorzxk	Interesting thought. What if mirages were real? Would we be hallucinating if we drank the water? Was this answer helpful to you? Yes / No

latinatexas	then they are just real Was this answer helpful to you? Yes / No

BEER	If they are real, they are not hallucinations. Was this answer helpful to you? Yes / No

loryntoo	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. Was this answer helpful to you? Yes / No

mbh2k	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.' Was this answer helpful to you? Yes / No

the last ninja	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... Was this answer helpful to you? Yes / No

Staceyflourpond	holy sht are you really a cat?? Was this answer helpful to you? Yes / No

Lisa T	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. Was this answer helpful to you? Yes / No

Christine	but see, it's proven that the reason that mentally ill see things.. take for instance schizophrenic people see/hear hallucinations because of the their bicameral mind. bicameral mind- less dominant brain hemisphere over rules dominate hemisphere Was this answer helpful to you? Yes / No

Marie	Then, I am really NOT married? Cool!!! Was this answer helpful to you? Yes / No