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Originally Posted by tiger777
I've never seen a ghost, but 98% of people if they were me would think they had. What does this mean? It shows how easily it is for people to be duped and for something that doesn't exist to get spread.
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Oh yeah, there's all kinds of things that can freak people out but can be conventionally explained. What you just described, for example, is a subset of
hypnagogia. Sleep deprivation can also cause vivid hallucinations, as well as side effects of medication and recreational drug use. Then there's mental illness and brain damage. A sufficiently strong electromagnetic field, such as produced by a large circuit box, can also generate the sensation of uneasiness, feeling watched, and even seeing things out of the corner of your eye.
So whenever something freaky happens to you, it's good to have a list of explanations to handle the situation.
What's interesting about hypnagogia is that, while the manifestations are really just being projected from inside your mind, they can give you insight into your personal state of affairs, in the same way as a psychotropic drug.