[Tucson]

Every so often I hear my doorbell ring, just to find nobody there. When I cared for my mother, one day I was watching her sleep through a camera with night vision. All of the sudden, I see globes of light run back and forth on my screen, maybe a half a dozen. The whole room filled up with them. I saw only one in the hallway. At the time, I just found this interesting. When very young, I saw the image of my late grandfather in the kitchen one night, like a ghost.

It seems that when I am under allot of stress, this can happen to me. Any thoughts?

[fern46]

I feel the answer to this is complex and depends on the lens or perspective you choose to view these kinds of experiences through. Psychology, religion, mysticism, science, philosophy, and supernatural schools of thought would explain these phenomena differently.

Yes, psychosis is a plausible explanation and would most likely be the go to explanation for modern day psychologists. Psychologists who are more analytically inclined might wish to explore the symbolism in it relative to your unique psyche as well as its relation to the collective subconscious.

It seems to be a pattern that these types of events take place when we are stressed. Nobody has a definitive answer as to whether this occurs because our brains are at that point more able to see and interpret a normally hidden, but naturally occuring phenomena OR if the stress on our mental state brings forward hallucinations of things that do not actually exist. At any rate, the experiences create very real feelings that we must navigate through. One's choice of explanation for the occurrence can heavily sway the way we feel about the experience.

For me, the goal is is to determine what within me triggers these types of events. What might be out of balance and what am I meant to learn. The answer to that is most definitely different for everyone. For example, one might know this sort of thing indicates the beginning of a significant downward spiral and they might seek to rebalance or to adjust their current treatment plan to accommodate. Someone else might find the experience curious and uplifting and a sign they are spiritually supported. I'm not promoting either view as it is wholly subjective. I know this answer most definitely offers nothing in terms of concrete truth, but paradoxically it is the most truthful answer I can offer.

[Sometimes psychotic]

Some of these happen to anyone...the doorbell thing for example, doctors have something similar with pagers or phones where they feel them buzz but it didn’t happen. That’s not considered psychosis. Some of the other things you mentioned I would say are hallucinations but there are medical illnesses that can cause these in addition to psychosis....it’s something I would get checked out.

[~Christina]

Originally Posted by Tucson

Every so often I hear my doorbell ring, just to find nobody there. When I cared for my mother, one day I was watching her sleep through a camera with night vision. All of the sudden, I see globes of light run back and forth on my screen, maybe a half a dozen. The whole room filled up with them. I saw only one in the hallway. At the time, I just found this interesting. When very young, I saw the image of my late grandfather in the kitchen one night, like a ghost.


It seems that when I am under allot of stress, this can happen to me. Any thoughts?

Well sure it could be. But most people mental illness or not have times of seeing /hearing things that aren’t there or those pesky black cats that slink around corners, my husband sees those occasional when stressing.

I see and hear a lot of things, it gets worse when I’m stressed or sleep deprived. But I am able to think of what I saw/heard xyz but I am able to think rationally and sort it out and just go about my day.

I’m sure you’re starting the new job is causing you stress. How is your sleep ?

Maybe start writing these things down , date and time and see if there is a pattern.

Are you enjoying your days off ?