I just created this account just to reply to you.
Yes I have experienced it many times when I was little. My mum was the first to be on the scene to comfort me LOL. I believe the hallucinations were occuring during a simple focal seizure. I wasn't officially diagnosed because it was unheard of in my country of origin. Most of the time I wake up screaming/freaking out, carrying short conversations with my mum and/or sisters. Sometimes, I just wake up in the morning feeling like I had been punched in every single inch of my body.
When I experienced mine, usually I wake up from sleep and that's when I freak out because I can't wake up (even though I'm physically up with my eyes open and everything) or I don't understand what's going on with me. I can litterally see, hear, and talk to my mum and sisters, but I feel like I was stuck in a bad dream and I can't wake up no matter what I do. Like I said, sometimes I would miss school because my body was so sore from having to go through whatever was happening to me at night. And no I didn't use it as an excuse to miss school because those were the only days I actually miss school. UGH... so much for trying to keep a perfect attendance.
The biggest one which I somehow remember was when I'm experiencing it at night where all the other stuff I've hallucinated in the past combined all together. My mum was freaking out because she doesn't know how to help me during these episodes. However, I don't remember everything. My mum and sisters later told me that I used to cry for help because "They are coming to get me. Here they are!" I guess when I mentioned "They" I was probably refering to the giant figures in my hallucination/dream. I still get goosebumps from that story.
I've always kept it a secret from my friends because I was scared of being labeled as mentally ill. But after learning that there's people out there experiencing the same thing, I felt I shouldn't hide it anymore.
One time I also experienced what they call the Deja Vu. I woke up in the morning while experiencing simple focal seizure. I wake outside from the front door, walk to the side of our house, saw my mum gossiping with the neighbor, and I proceeded to the back gate. My mum followed me and asked where I was going. I said, "I don't know." At that point, she knew I was experiencing it again. She lead me back to the front porch and asked me to lie down on the folding bed. I went back to sleep and woke up later and was still experiencing it, so I went back to sleep. I was exhausted that day! Later, my mum told me that since I looked totally fully conscious, she thought I was angry at her for not buying me something that I really wanted the day before.
I wish there were means of video taping me before (we were too poor). It would've been fun to watch what I went through those years.
onder: Renee
