I have a science fiction/fantasy character who hallucinates snakes every time he stresses out, and as the draft stands now, this is one of several things that drives his choices. They are sort of a metaphor for the issues in his life. His hallucinations are intense - Feeling constricted, smelling the breath of the snake, and so on. They vary (but they could all be identical if that's truer to hallucinating.)
I don't know why he has these hallucinations. (I don't know the biological or psychological basis for it.)
He doesn't use drugs, and he doesn't have schizophrenia.
Are there stress - induced hallucinatory states like what I am briefly describing? I have to decide if I should keep them and provide a rationale for them, or ditch them.
Could this sort of thing stem from a childhood experience? Are there names for this specific sort of hallucinatory state (i.e. not the diagnosis necessarily, a name for a specific type of hallucination.)
Thanks if you have any ideas.
I don't know why he has these hallucinations. (I don't know the biological or psychological basis for it.)
He doesn't use drugs, and he doesn't have schizophrenia.
Are there stress - induced hallucinatory states like what I am briefly describing? I have to decide if I should keep them and provide a rationale for them, or ditch them.
Could this sort of thing stem from a childhood experience? Are there names for this specific sort of hallucinatory state (i.e. not the diagnosis necessarily, a name for a specific type of hallucination.)
Thanks if you have any ideas.
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