Small playful creatures dancing appear as visions - Lilliputian hallucinations


	Small playful creatures dancing appear as visions - Lilliputian hallucinations

einbar

11-28-2008 5:39 AM

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einbar says:

Perhaps one of the most surprising causes of these hallucinations is macular degeneration, sometimes diagnosed as Charles Bonnet syndrome, owing to the fact that simply damage to the retina can lead to complex hallucinations that seem to take on a life of their own

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11-28-2008 5:41 AM

einbar

LINK TO:Hallucinations-Understanding-a-Strange-Phenomenon
http://www.scribd.com/doc/8488398/Lilliputian- LINK

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11-28-2008 5:56 AM

einbar

11-28-2008 7:28 AM

tabsey

Mum had macular degeneration. Not even that now. From her descriptions of her experience, objects did lose size in areas of her limited vision.
She said she was glad she didn't drink.

11-28-2008 7:37 AM

debbyski

I've seen some weird ass things while drunk but they were normally unclothed

11-28-2008 11:33 AM

masbury

"They", my friend? In my recollection, that's not quite how drunk works!

11-28-2008 11:41 AM

debbyski

11-28-2008 11:50 AM

abailart

Great find. Thanks.

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