Hello all I had a brain hemorrhage September 2021. I was in hospital 3 months and been at home trying to recover since.I have over the last 2 or 3 months started having hallucinations usually when woke in morning. The first 3 or 4 times it was a case of seeing a couple of the grandchildren I thought they were doing a sleepover. I asked my husband who said no no-one in bungalow, strange. The latest incident was this morning my husband had got up to make a coffee, then I saw a figure in the bedroom, I couldn't see the face clearly, but I immediately thought its mom. I spoke in ordinary voice and said, sit down.
The figure didn't move. I said again sit down or you'll fall down. No movement and no answer.
When my husband came back to the bedroom I asked him if he had seen mom, he hadn't.
My mother died about 30years ago.
I started to think about what was going on.
Has anyone else had these type of visions?
Any ideas please, what's going on.
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Hi, I had these for years at any time of the day or night. With a bit of hindsight I can say don't worry about them. If they are coming first thing in the morning after sleeping these experiences are called Hypnopmpic visions. Your mind is still in a dream state but you are awake and the dream and normal visual states mix together giving the illusion of seeing something that is not there.
To be quite honest I enjoyed these states and found the experiences amazing. If they don't scare you and they pass quite quickly there's nothing to be concerned about.
Thank you Pinkvisison. Having these replies mean so much. I'm not going madMy visions don't scare me. It's more a case of wanting to know what's going on.
Brilliant, if you take note of what's happening you may have some very pleasant and life enriching experiences. May be write them down and keep a journal. I found they inspired me to start cutting out pictures from magazines and books and creating surreal collages. I really got into it and found it helped rehabilitation by engaging in something constructive while pondering the psychological realities of the universe.
I experienced these mainly in hospital where I would see baby animals like puppies and kittens on the ward. After surgery, I wondered why so many children were allowed to visit intensive care. They never bothered me. The hallucinations persisted after I came home. My perception of the world had changed and, even today, what I would call shadows walk around my home - again always animals. None of my medications have a side effect like this so I have to attribute it to the brain damage.
Thank you skulls. I look on it as just another problem I'm going through. It seems as though its one thing after another.You have given me some reassurance.
I had a traumatic SAH from an RTC in 2007 & I have experienced what you are experiencing. Unfortunately our powerful spongy brain has received a bit of trauma. Things like this are all part of the healing mechanism, so don't panic.
Unfortunately, with any sort of brain trauma we can have echoes of past experiences thrown back at us. Basically our hard-drive & memory system has had a shake up. It is trying to organise things back to how it was, but with vulnerability it is having the occasional blip.
Now is the time to take a look at how you are existing after the hemorrhage. Are you allowing yourself & your brain to rest fully?
Have you looked at meditation practices that can help with a healing approach?
Also diet, medication & exercise is the key. I don't know what stage you are at with mobility etc, but gentle swimming, walking in a pool helped me get my system moving again.
This with regular meditation was a game changer. I also used EFT/ Tapping to help with brain fatigue, acceptance & a letting go process.
Wow! Some new ideas there great. I can't walk outside the house without aid.I am thinking of going to pilates in the near future. It gave me confidence and more movement, when I had Functional strokes, a fe years ago.
If your movement is a bit fragile, building strength in a shallow end of a pool with someone helping as you walk is good. Also aquarobics, takes the weight off the body, allows the muscles to gain movement & strength. Saves you needing to much support whilst you float. 👍👍👍
Hi Notts, What you're describing sounds more like a visitation rather than hallucination. Many who have suffered from some type of traumatic brain injury have encountered such. A friend of mine suffered a brain injury after getting into a car accident. He reportedly was seeing his mother who had passed away, as well.
The "filters" between dimensions/frequencies between our normal every day reality and what some consider the afterlife have somewhat been removed. You are not alone! Other people have reported to me that they have been visited by "the other side". As crazy as it sounds, when we suffer from trauma - whether brain related or emotionally related, our senses are heightened. Some people have visions of future events, perhaps in the case of seeing your grandchildren. Keep an open mind!
Hello June08, yes I can see alot of sense in what you are saying. When I had the visitation of my mother I thought mom is trying to reassure and help me because that's how she was.
I'm glad you feel more relaxed! I was shocked at first, too. Nothing to fear. If anything, you now know you have the ability to communicate with your deceased family! 😊
Hi ThereI have these sleep hallucinations occasionally also, since suffering mtbi 2 years ago. For me they started around 12 months after my accident, always within first hour of sleep I would wake up and see things like moving pictures on the walls and odd shapes and hieroglyphics stuff like that, it was extremely unsettling at first and to be honest got quite frightening for a while as the experiences got a lot more sinister with things like dark figures in the room hissing at me and I even woke up to a levitating bed one one occasion! These hallucinations usually lasted a couple of minutes. I knew I was awake during them but I was completely paralysed and couldn't move anything except my eyes, I'd then gradually come out of it and would "wake up" properly at which point they would fade and I could move again but I'd then be too scared to go back to sleep incase they started again. They've calmed down a lot since then although I do still have them now and again but they don't bother me much now I think as others have said its just part of the healing process. It's nice to think yours could have been your mum visiting you - who knows? We certainly don't know everything do we? I wish you well with your recovery, best wishes Bb.
Thank you for your thoughts. There is so much we don't know about what is going on. I woke my husband about 5.30am to say about spiders on the ceiling with 8" or 10" legs. He put the light on to show nothing there. I'm not frightened of spiders, it was just unsettling.Anyway thanks again
Ah yes, spiders on the ceiling - had that one aswell a few times aswell! Take Care, Bb
Post OHS in 2020, I suffered a stroke and was subsequently tested for brain death based upon the idea I had suffered Hypoxic Brain Injury during my time in a coma.
Long story short, some months later I get well enough to get discharged so I could continue my recovery. Not after my return home, I woke up and needed the toilet and when I opened my eyes I was treated with a bunch of tie die material suspended from the ceiling drying out.
Whilst my brain said they were not real, I still actively pushed them out of the way or walked under them to gain access to the toilet This was to be the first of numerous visualisations/ illusions over the next several months.
Many times I would be greeted by bunches of flowers in the bath, sink or toilet - with some even bigger collections obstructing the stairway. I could wake up and see the decor of the walls and furniture had also changed. Painted walls acquired wallpaper, furniture acquired a floral design, even my wife came in from a bath undressed - but to me her body was completely covered in flowers, despite having no bodily marks or tattoos.
Levels of activity have slowly reduced over the last 18 months, but I can still go to the toilet to find a large bouquet of scented stocks sitting in the toilet bowl.
I’m awaiting an appointment with some one who can give me some ideas as to cause and management. I am also enjoy fatigue, cognition and other symptoms - but it’s nice to know that I’m not alone.
It's not easy is it? Part of your brain says its not real, but you see it.No you are not alone, as I realised after I posted details of the my visions. I had so many replies from people going through this sort of phenomenon. Hope you manage to understand what is happening
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Other people have reported to me that they have been visited by "the other side". As crazy as it sounds, when we suffer from trauma - whether brain related or emotionally related, our senses are heightened. Some people have visions of future events, perhaps in the case of seeing your grandchildren. Keep an open mind! 
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