Hallucinations are those perceptual disorders in which a person feels, hears, or sees something that does not exist in reality. Simply put, this phenomenon is explained as perception without an object. This does not include a mirage, which is a phenomenon based on the laws of physics.
A special group includes hypnagogic hallucinations. They represent a deception of perception (visual) that occurs at the turn of sleep and wakefulness (eyes are closed). They can be either single or multiple. Very rarely, this phenomenon occurs upon awakening.
Of interest to researchers are olfactory hallucinations, in which a person feels unpleasant odors (food, burning, poison, decay, rotten meat, rotten fish), less often - aromas. In such situations, patients can refuse food, since it seems to them unfit for consumption.
How to cause hallucinations at home? Consider the main ways
- The Hanzfeld method. It is necessary to tune the radio to a wave with noises (with a characteristic sound ...), then take a horizontal position and glue half the balls for table tennis using tape on your eyes . Perhaps using this method, you will be able to chat with deceased relatives or see flying pigs. It is noted that this method is extremely dangerous for human health. It was developed in 1971 by the American researcher C. Honorton.
- The effect of reducing pain. You need to hit, for example, on the finger. Then look at the bruised place through the reverse lenses of the binoculars (distant). The finger will not only become smaller in size, it will not hurt so much.
- Rubber arm. No, this is not the name of the children's โhorror storiesโ, this is another way to get unusual sensations. You should stuff a rubber glove with something and put it on a horizontal surface (in the place where your own hand should have been). Ask a friend to hit the artificial brush with a hammer or pierce it with a knife. Incredibly, most people who went through this unpretentious experiment felt pain in their own hand!
- The Illusion of Pinnocchio. How to cause hallucinations in this way? It is necessary to put two chairs one after another. On the back sits a man who previously blindfolded. The second participant takes a seat in the front chair. The blindfold man puts one hand on the nose in front of the person sitting, and the other on his own. After which he begins to make light stroking movements. Not less than a minute later, the participant sitting behind begins to feel that his nose has become unusually long.
- Purkinje effect. This is a fairly well-known method that allows you to answer the question of how to cause hallucinations without resorting to taking psychotropic substances. On a bright sunny day, it is enough to sit facing the sun, close your eyes and lead your hand in front of them. After a short time, it will be possible to see multi-colored circles, fancifully changing their shape and color. From a scientific point of view, this effect is explained by a shift in spectral sensitivity that occurs during the transition from daytime to twilight vision. This phenomenon has found practical application in the creation of outdoor advertising. So, in an image that is not artificially highlighted, with an external attenuation of lighting, the color ratio changes. In particular, the colors in the blue half of the spectrum darken weaker than in the red.
Before causing hallucinations, it is necessary to understand that this phenomenon is nothing but a false sensation of taste, smell, object, which does not exist in reality. Whichever of the above methods you choose, the main thing is to know the measure.