An illusion? A Hallucination?
By ingrid
@ridingbet (66854)
Philippines
June 30, 2019 11:14pm CST
My ever-loving sister is once again having these so-called 'insomniac problems'. She told me this morning that she wanted to wake me up at 3 AM because she cannot sleep, despite taking anxiolytics and antihistamines.
She remarked she saw a ‘’white shadow’’ in the dark side of her room. She prayed with eyes closed.
Much as I want to ‘open her eyes’ about delusions and hallucinations, I cannot do so because she always has her reasons, and I cannot win over her.
What I did was I just nodded and showed approval with her remarks.
What I did not like though, was she thinking the ‘’white shadow’’ was either our father or our mother ‘visiting her’; I told her she should not think that way because these can be done by the evil spirits. They may be testing her faith.
Or maybe she just wants to sleep? I do not know.
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11 responses
@janethwayne (5191)
• Philippines
1 Jul 19
I think there are people who can see that even if we don't understand them and we don't experience it the way they do.Prayer is the key and you have to talk to her more and more about other things to make that stay away from her mind.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
6 Jul 19
there are some who have the third eye; i have the peripheral vision. but i know what causes her insomnia.
@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
6 Jul 19
we sibling all miss our mother and father. she is our oldest sibling and she is already 71 years old (70, according to her).
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@sophie09 (34230)
• Indonesia
6 Jul 19
@ridingbet oh okay i see now, yeah maybe she's just different or has feeling towards something
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@rsa101 (40952)
• Philippines
1 Jul 19
That sounds like a horror story you have in your house. I think that you should have her check if what she is seeing is really hallucinations or real. It may be that she maybe haunted with some spirits that roam your place. Or she may simply be hallucinating due to the medications she is taking. But with antihistamines she should be knocked down with it since it is like a sleeping pills when I takes those pills when I have my rhinitis I would easily go to sleep fast.
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@rsa101 (40952)
• Philippines
8 Jul 19
@ridingbet why does she needs attention to you? Maybe she needs something from you?
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
18 Jul 19
@rsa101 no reason. she is a perfectionist and oftentimes she has something to say to me and my son.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
6 Jul 19
no, we do not have a ''haunted house''. hahaha. it is she wanting attention from me who is also sick of heart ailment, and from my son who works as an instructor this summer.
hayyzzz. a pill of cetirizine cannot knock her down.
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@toniganzon (77120)
• Philippines
1 Jul 19
It's been awhile since I've been here but I never forgot your sister and her annoying ways. Seems like she needs to see a doctor for her mental state. She's very obstinate, my impression from your stories about her. And arguing with this person will get you nowhere. So it was best that you didn't try to reason out with her.
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@toniganzon (77120)
• Philippines
7 Jul 19
@ridingbet She seems to be a very pessimistic person.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
6 Jul 19
i believe she was hallucinating that time. she has not slept soundly for more than 4 hours every night and she is always overthinking. 
@LadyDuck (502251)
• Italy
6 Jul 19
@ridingbet I think that the suggestion of your son is a good one. She should go away a couple of months and let you live in peace.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
6 Jul 19
defintely. i and my son often tell her to have 2 months break and go to the capital city and live with her daughters. school will open next month. she says she cannot travel alone by plane or bus, and besides, if she is in the city, she will still be left alone at home.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
6 Jul 19
@LadyDuck right on that. when we have disagreements, that is what she tells us, and acts like packing her things already. then she stops and says, she has no companion in riding the bus, and the bus terminal in the capital city is far from her daughter's home. hahaha
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@minx267 (15526)
• Hartford, Connecticut
9 Jul 19
@ridingbet lol. oh I understand that completely.. my dogs bark like crazy when someone knocks at the door
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
6 Jul 19
true, my friend. but our house cannot be visited by new acquaintances, because of the dogs we have around.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
6 Jul 19
hahaha. yes, she hasn't changed even a bit. maybe i could say she is already beginning to show signs of dementia, but she refuses.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
6 Jul 19
i think she is already dependent on antihistamines and anxiolyics. that is what i dislike about her- she wakes me up in the middle of the night and ask me if she can take a pill. i always tell her that if she feels she cannot sleep soundly, as early as 10 PM, she should gulp a pill already
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
6 Jul 19
yes, she has the third eye, but i find it ridiculous though. i have peripheral vision as well.
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@Nakitakona (59987)
• Philippines
1 Jul 19
She's imagining things. In my own limited knowledge, she's hallucinating due to the meds she takes.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
6 Jul 19
the medicines, she takes only as needed. she can alternate the anxiolytics and the antihistamines depending on what she feels.
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@Nakitakona (59987)
• Philippines
6 Jul 19
@ridingbet I see. So it hasn't much to do with hallucinations. But rather it's illusions.
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