should i go to the doctor for these hallucinations?

Hi, I’m a 17 year old girl who has maybe not regularly but occasionally has hallucinations before I fall asleep or hallucinations that prevent me to fall asleep.

I’ve had them for some time, maybe once or twice when I was way younger, but I get them a little more frequently nowadays. It started more when I got my first job at 14 at McDonald’s where I was unable to sleep properly after a shift because I kept thinking I was still there, and similarly when I was 16 (last year) and got a job at a bubble tea store. After some shifts I’ll truly believe I’m still there, think I have customers, that I have to serve drinks, I’ll sit up and try not to acknowledge customers because I like know I’m home but still feel like I’m at work.

But, now sometimes I hallucinate after just events in general. I graduated a few weeks ago and about 2 nights later I physically could not sleep because my brain truly believed the people of my graduating class were in my room. It made me nervous, self-conscious, and I sat up for ages from my bed trying to figure out how to stop thinking they’re in my room.

I even react to what they ‘say’ then snap out of it and fall asleep.

I do get these when I’m really sick, but when it happens when I’m not sick it genuinely kind of concerns me. Growing up I daydreamed a lot as an only child so I assumed that was the reason why I began hallucinating, and I just like to think it might be over stress, I just want to know if this is something I should consider going to my doctor about and if there is actual signs this could progressively get worse.

Has anyone had a similar experience? Please let me know. (also if there is better reddit thingy to ask people let me know, I didn’t know what category to put this under)

Posted Oct 14, 2025, 12:52 PM UTC

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