Anyone Else See Shadows?

[Ejat]

I've noticed 'shadows' out of the corner of my eyes for as long as I can remember. I've always assumed it was part of my intense fear of the dark because of past trauma that occurred in those conditions. But I've recently noticed that the 'shadows' only come after I come out of a dissociative state. If I go into that distant place, then slowly come out of it, there's a period where I see shadows that seem to move just out of my line of sight. It lasts an hour or two, then it goes. Anyone else experience anything like this?

 

[Uroj]

I have not experienced anything like that or heard anything like that. You might want to go to a eye doc just in case for peace of mind.

 

[Uvijus]

When i was in the midst of my remd treatment and a lot of things was going on in my head there was a time I saw shadows in the room, beside me. One at a time with days inbetween. Moving very quickly but very real. It was so weird i actually thought i had seen ghosts. But so much other things where going on and I only remembered this after reading your post.

 

[Oled]

OP here: I've been looking and apparently it's something veterans occasionally experience with their ptsd. I read an article where it was compared to the fight or flight response involved in heightened anxiety and the continual release of adrenaline. My trauma is not combat related, but I guess I can see why I might see it when I come back from 'checking out'.

 

[Ibek]

I do not see shadows but when I dissociate the world gets darker on me. And I feel less connected to it.

 

[Ege]

Yes. I have seen shadows. It is like sometimes the shape of a person out of the corner of my eye, when I look it is not there anymore. Also sometimes I feel a presence and say "Hello" then realise there is noone there, but it felt like somebody was.

The shadows in the corner of my eye have made me jump a couple of times.

 

[Agulo]

I see shadows and remember seeing them very clearly as a child.As an adult, I've accepted it into my spiritual outlook.

But I've also felt the presence of abusers around me, and that, I like to believe is my nutty mind playing tricks on me.

 

[Nibid]

I catch that little something out of the corner of my eye. It has started with the Ermd. I tell my self it is all in my mind. It does not scare me. Nothing scares me anymore. It is not real. There is nothing there. It just aggravates me and p_____ me off another unwanted distraction.

 

[Sopero]

Lately I've been seeing movement out of the corner of my eye. It is always the peripheral sight. I try not to look as I think I'm just seeing things. Turns out I must be because I don't see anything when I look.

I have also been getting weird creepy crawling feelings throughout the day. I even look to see if anything is on my body (there most often isn't). I'm beginning to wonder if it is any of my meds, though I haven't seen either of these things as a side effect with any of them.

 

[Ojuje]

After my auto accident I had a lot of unusual sightings. Vibrating squiggles in color. I also would drive and not remember how I got there.

After many months of med's, being streched; orthopedic treatments. Nothing helped and I opted for chiropractic. I was quite relieved to find out that the optic nerves run in channels down the side of the neck. They get stressed, cramped when the muscles in the neck and shoulder are blown out.

Massage, heat and cold packs reduced occurrence. I still see shadows but am no longer in fear of them.

 

[Upocu]

I was also doing emdr treatment when I saw the shadows. Also I would in different places get a sence of something there, sensations running from my neck down my body. Sometimes pleasant sometimes frightening. i though I could sence things, like ghosts it was so real. Maybe I did. Ghosts from my past becouse with the hightend state that I was in I think i was experiencing flashes of memories triggerd by something in the room. At the same time Im convinced that people traumatised as young children are left with abilities, something that we would normally grow out of. But I dont think its a gift, more like a side effect and we do not feel good using and training it. I have stepped away from mine as much as I can, but find it very interesting as I find my pts strangely fascinating. We might all be crazy, but we certainly arnt boring.lol
I would like to hear what else you experience.

 

[Oled]

I don't know about abilities, but I know long term hyper vigilance can cause skills to develop. It certainly did in my case, much like I imagine a career soldier would. When trying to stay alive, you create a skill set to accomplish that. You learn how to 'sense' danger by reading the facts in a situation, body language, past experience and weigh the possible outcomes in your mind for the one that is most likely. It can seem that you can see the future, when really you're just highly aware and thinking one step ahead.