has anybody else experienced hallucinations while extremely overstimulated?

🎧 Sensory Issues

my sensory issues in general are constant but (mostly) manageable… however today i experienced something i had never before and i feel crazy.

this was a weird first for me. i became stupidly and heavily overstimulated because of people pushing my boundaries on personal space + my ADHD meds (heightened sensory issues are on my radar, it’s not like i wasn’t expecting this. they are literally called “stimulants” after all.)

i noticed the normal things that happen to me when overstimulated: body temperature spike, elevated heart rate, head pressure, my ears ringing, brain fog & nausea...blah blah blah you guys get it. however, my perception of reality shifted a lot more than usual this afternoon.

for a very short but noticeable 30 seconds i had weird hallucinations about the people behind me and how close they were to me. it felt like these dudes (who were seriously like 20 feet away) were moving to their seats as if their shoulders were brushing my back. the vision of it repeated a couple of times and i had to look behind me to assure myself that these guys were NOT close whatsoever.

strangely enough, i wasn’t paranoid or anxious about it, just really confused?? why would my brain do that to me?? is this normal or was i just experiencing a really unfortunately timed visual hallucination?

if anyone else has experienced stuff like this before please let me know so i dont feel alone on this lmao. thanks :)

Posted Dec 13, 2025, 10:33 AM UTC

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