Pseudo hallucination in BPD

[vladyslavbond]

@Ninjastar

I’ve heard the term before, referencing hallucinations that are internal (as opposed to ones heard with your ears) and that the patient is aware are not real.

So like, a true hallucination in dx terms, would involve physically hearing it and/or thinking the hallucination was coming from an outside source (thoughts being implanted in your head, etc). A pseudo-hallucination is supposedly not as difficult to treat, because the person understands and aknowledges that the hallucination is simply their brain misfiring.

But I am not a doctor so I might be understanding it wrong.

That certainly sounds like my case. Not sure if it is useful to the discussion. Still I figured I would share my experiences that are similar. There is no formal evaluation involved in my case however.

I was “caught” explaining my hallucinations in such a manner that betrayed that I understand that they are not real. I always realised this myself however, without any experiments in the first place. I even stated so plainly before. Details: Amateur therapy proved surprisingly efficient

I did also have hallucinations that I could not designate as such, until weeks or months later. I described some notable examples here: I'm scared a little - #8 by vladyslavbond