Hallucinations?

[Starlight53a]

Is it possible to start kinda-hallucinating from asphyxiation? When I suffocate myself I faintly see weird stuff, and faintly hear weird stuff, and start thinking weird things, and then I forget most of it after. So... Is that hallucinating, and has that happened to anyone else?? :confused:

[electricliving]

Well, you do get a "high" from choking yourself, kids at my high school used to do it for fun. I've never heard of hallucinations from it though.

I'm just going to say that this is really dangerous, kids have died from it. A kid at my school had to be taken to the hospital. I know you didn't ask for a lecture, but it worries me that you're doing this. I'm being a hypocrite by saying this, but try to find other thing that hurting yourself to make yourself feel better. Write a song instead :) You're really good at that. <3
xx

[Nubzor]

What you are experiencing is quite similar to what people experience when they die.

You can believe in heaven, angels, and an afterlife or whatever you'd like, but upon the body dying you'll get some of what you described. That's where the "white light" and the feeling of warmth and all that good stuff come from. When deprived of blood/oxygen, the brain will begin to do quite strange things.

Side note: Are you really 13? I have a younger sister who is around your age and I cannot even begin to fathom her doing something like that to herself. Not to belittle you because of your age, but frankly, it scares the fucking shit out of me to know that 13 year olds are doing things like this to themselves. Yes, I know you're not the only one, but 13 is just so young. I truly wish you didn't have to feel the way you do--I wish that you could be happy and content with yourself and not have to do things like this.

:(

[Starlight53a]

What you are experiencing is quite similar to what people experience when they die.

You can believe in heaven, angels, and an afterlife or whatever you'd like, but upon the body dying you'll get some of what you described. That's where the "white light" and the feeling of warmth and all that good stuff come from. When deprived of blood/oxygen, the brain will begin to do quite strange things.

Side note: Are you really 13? I have a younger sister who is around your age and I cannot even begin to fathom her doing something like that to herself. Not to belittle you because of your age, but frankly, it scares the fucking shit out of me to know that 13 year olds are doing things like this to themselves. Yes, I know you're not the only one, but 13 is just so young. I truly wish you didn't have to feel the way you do--I wish that you could be happy and content with yourself and not have to do things like this.

:(

People get that when they die?! ...Does that mean I could die if I keep doing that??

And yes, I'm 13. Nearly 14. Sorry that makes you sad... :(

[Jacklinger]

Is it possible to start kinda-hallucinating from asphyxiation? When I suffocate myself I faintly see weird stuff, and faintly hear weird stuff, and start thinking weird things, and then I forget most of it after. So... Is that hallucinating, and has that happened to anyone else?? :confused:

the brain is a delicate organ. It's a computer made out of cells and tissues. It requires oxygen and sugar like a real computer needs electricity. When a regular computer is deprived of electricity, it simply shuts off and all data held in the RAM is lost. When a brain is deprived of oxygen, it does not immediately shut off. Instead, the parts of the brain responsible for processing sensory data begin to fire randomly as they die. These random synaptic firings are interpreted by other parts of the brain as external sensory data which it attempts to categorize and process using known and imagined previous experiences. The individual will begin to hear sounds, see images, or having thoughts that are out of the natural sequence of what's considered normal. Some of these experiences can make the individual feel happy, or some can cause fear, panic, or confusion.

These experiences are often soon forgotten by the individual because the brain's ability to record these experiences into its long-term memory storage is sabotaged by lack of oxygen and/or sugars. As the brain attempts to reconcile and restabilize it's natural function, it may fire many of its synapses in unison which can cause involuntary movements and further hallucinations.

Repeated asphyxiation of the individual is likely to cause long-term brain damage which is likely to lead to dimentia and possibly death.

[Nubzor]

the parts of the brain responsible for processing sensory data begin to fire randomly as they die. These random synaptic firings are interpreted by other parts of the brain as external sensory data which it attempts to categorize and process using known and imagined previous experiences. The individual will begin to hear sounds, see images, or having thoughts that are out of the natural sequence of what's considered normal.

What he said. ^

And I absolutely love the computer metaphor/comparison.