Dreamlike aura

jamesmasheder

i know exactly that feeling! i was just zoning out in the internet cafe myself, and trying my best to reinforce the reality of the computer! I believe the technical term is "derealisation". I also suffer a lot from hallucinations in these states,sometimes full blown visions, like a waking dream. I feel ya! It is very hard to explain to friends, and just like you my parents didnt really catch on that i wasnt kidding as about those hallucinations! It is often hard for others to accept that we can have such a wierd condition (indescribable sensations etc) and not actually be crazy! but so life rolls on, and one must accept the cards dealt with optimism, you must remember people like us are not only epileptics but highly talented, well practised daydreamers of rare predisposition! hang in there! youll be alright mate!

james m.

twisted762006

I have auras. Mine are sort of like yours, but they've been changing a lot lately. Usually, before I have an absence seizure, I get this terrible feeling of Deja vu, almost to the point of being sick. I usually find myself in a dreamlike state during one of my seizures. It's odd actually. For the most part, it's always the same thing. As weird as this sounds, I used to play a game on my Playstation called Spyro the Dragon. My dreamlike states would be me in the game, and always the same spot in that game. It was hard trying to explain it to my parents as well. My mother always thought it was just hormones. I still find it hard to say what I'm going through, because it feels like there just aren't words to descibe it. Yesterday I had my worst seizure yet, which lasted for over 45 minutes. During this, I walked into the cafeteria and felt terrible! I was there, but I felt like I wasn't. And it seemed like everything had changed, like I was seeing things in a totally new way. Yet again, it felt like a dream and that I wasn't supposed to be there. It's hard to handle things like this, because I get scared during them. Sometimes I feel like I'm going crazy, but I know I'm not. What a horrible feeling. It's always nice to talk with someone about it, and we all have the same problems generally speaking. It's good to have people who know what I'm going through.

vietnam ptsd

I also will get a deja vu feeling very often. Mine will usually start with a tingling sensation in the testicles followed by a feeling of "haven't i been here before?" I will sit in my living room looking around feeling like its the 70's. Being 100% disabled vet with epilepsy I will also think of this as PTSD. I had one doc tell me that this deja vu sensations are small seizures themselves. Has any one else been told that?

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