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hallucination?

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I woke up one night thinking I was hearing a cell phone being opened and shut over and over. I could see the light in the bathroom window, but the sound of the cell phone was moving aroung the room. I looked to see if my husband was playing with his phone but he was asleep. As the sound moved around the room, the room got darker and there was no light in the bathroom anymore. When I heard the sound coming around to my side of the bed with darkness following, I raised up, woke up my husband and told him to turn on the light. I told him someone was in the room, as I looked around there was nothing there. He secured my feelings that everything was fine, but it took me awhile to go back to sleep. Now would you define this as an hallucination or what? This is not the first time I have had something happen like this. I am not even stressed out when it happens.
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I don't really have an explanation, just can share something.
I don't believe that ghosts come back. but...
one morning, shortly before it was time to get up, something woke me up, and there was my deceased mother standing by my husband's side of the bed. I said "Mom?" she never said anything, but I blinked several times. My husband held me close. I closed my eyes for about a minute, opened them, and she was still there.
I guess that was an hallucination, maybe brought on by being only half awake.
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I think it sounds as if you both have had a visit from the other side. Not all what you see and others don't are hallucinations...hope this helps. I have seen infinite numbers of souls who have passed on.
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Another thing...the cell phone. I have had various experiences where it sounds like a cell phone, only it was more like a beep, then another beep beep. My girlfriend was with me on a few occasions when it happened. It was as if it was some kind of code.
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Hi, I am still coming to terms with hallucinations. I see things all the times. I am glad that on one occassion I had a lady friend with me who also witnessed what was supposed to be a hallucination..so maybe huggybuggy is on to something.
MrGrub
MrGrub
Often, I forget the name for this, but if you are half awake it is still possible to dream- I have had this thing where I'm lying in bed looking around and I'll be in a strange room, then I blink and I'm back in my bedroom. It sounds like you were dreaming- there may well have been a mobile going off, but your mind distorted it in the dream. What you describe doesn't sound like a hallucination, but I'm no expert.
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I don't believe in ghosts. I think you were either half asleep and still having a dream or it was a BP hallucination which can be caused by stress, meds and a whole lot of other things. I oftern used to see a huge spider hanging from my light fitting but when I put my light on it would disppear. The mind can play most perculiar tricks and I think we just have to accept them. So called normal friends of mine have experienced things like that too.
MrGrub
MrGrub
The fact you were woken from a deep sleep by the sound of a cell phone, or whatever, would make sense
MrGrub
MrGrub
Just looked this up in a medical dictionary:

A Hypnopompic hallucination is a vivid dreamlike hallucination on awakening

So there it is!
MrGrub
MrGrub
I believe in ghosts to some extent- but ghosts with mobile phones?!!
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I believe in ghosts. My mum is a clairvoyant and I was brought up with ghosts. My mum can smell them and so can I. I suppose if you have never seen one then you probably would be skeptical.
MrGrub
MrGrub
I didn't say that ghosts don't exist- You don't know if I've seen one or not so don't generalise. I just can't think why a ghost would need a cell phone. Any suggestions?
MrGrub
MrGrub
I'm not being funny, but what does a ghost smell like D?
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They smell different just like we do. Each has their own smell. It's a bit like if your friend passed away and he always wore a certain aftershave, then that might be what you smell, or if one of them worked in a fish factory then they might smell like kippers. Sometimes the smell is not always discernable. It can be really foul or really sweet. Hope that answers your question MrGrub
MrGrub
MrGrub
Fascinating! And the cell phone?
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I'm not sure about the cell phone because I wasn't there, however, I do know that some ghosts, mainly poltergeists have the ability to do such things. They can open drawers, throw furniture, put lights on and off, so I'm sure they could fool around with a cell phone, but as I said I wasn't there, so I don't know for sure. I do have my suspicions though.
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