siniang
Policy Enforcement
So, I keep having those hallucinations of spiders (or similar, sometimes only the net) dangling right above my head. I would already be asleep, but somehow wake up and "see" those things next to or above me. I don't have Arachnophobia, but I don't particularly like them, either, and can't stand spiders in my immediate proximity. So I would jerk up/away, fumble to get my phone (flashlight) or otherwise turn on the light on the night stand, to convince myself that there is nothing there.
I obviously have no trauma involving spiders. Those aren't flashbacks. Also no dreams involved.
Since I'm asleep, hard to deploy any grounding mechanisms and I essentially wake up in "flight mode" right away.
Does anyone experience something similar? Doesn't have to be spiders or even visual hallucinations - just hallucinations in general that intrude into your sleep and wake you up.
When I talked with T about it she says it's explainable that those hallucinations manifest in spiders since spiders (like snakes) are an evolutionarily hardwired fear for (most) humans. But dang, it's becoming annoying, if not exhausting.
I obviously have no trauma involving spiders. Those aren't flashbacks. Also no dreams involved.
Since I'm asleep, hard to deploy any grounding mechanisms and I essentially wake up in "flight mode" right away.
Does anyone experience something similar? Doesn't have to be spiders or even visual hallucinations - just hallucinations in general that intrude into your sleep and wake you up.
When I talked with T about it she says it's explainable that those hallucinations manifest in spiders since spiders (like snakes) are an evolutionarily hardwired fear for (most) humans. But dang, it's becoming annoying, if not exhausting.