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Everything moving fast and Hallucinations
Hi everyone,
Im hoping someone can help me here. I have a 10 year old son that is having episodes where everything is moving very very quickly, for example, if I move my arm he says I did it so fast when I moved it very slowly. This happens to him alot in school while the teacher is teaching or when he is lying in bed trying to get to sleep. These episodes last on an average from few seconds to 10 minutes. He is aware of what is going on and remembers what happens.
What really concerns me is that when this is happening he sometimes hears a man screaming in his head. The man does not say anything to him, he only screams. This has been going on for about a month now. I am in the process of making an appointment to a neurologist.
If anyone has any idea what this may be or have had these same experiences I would love to hear from you.
Thank you so much for your help!
Debbie
Im hoping someone can help me here. I have a 10 year old son that is having episodes where everything is moving very very quickly, for example, if I move my arm he says I did it so fast when I moved it very slowly. This happens to him alot in school while the teacher is teaching or when he is lying in bed trying to get to sleep. These episodes last on an average from few seconds to 10 minutes. He is aware of what is going on and remembers what happens.
What really concerns me is that when this is happening he sometimes hears a man screaming in his head. The man does not say anything to him, he only screams. This has been going on for about a month now. I am in the process of making an appointment to a neurologist.
If anyone has any idea what this may be or have had these same experiences I would love to hear from you.
Thank you so much for your help!
Debbie
Hello Debbie :)
I know I'm nine years too late, but in case if you still haven't found the answer, I believe your son has/had Tachophobia.
When I was little I had a fever, along with a really weird nightmare that kept getting progressively faster, which scared the living daylights out of me. A recent occurrence has happened to me, and I felt the need to figure this out. It turns out, my friend had the exact same occurrence as me when they were little too. I'm now 15, and I literally just tripped over the answer to your son's problem. I'm no phycologist, but thanks to my recent reasearch, it well may be that your son may have a phobia called Tachophobia. If you search up "Tachophobia test," this could be the answer.
I hope this will help, if I'm not TOO late. :)
-S
I know I'm nine years too late, but in case if you still haven't found the answer, I believe your son has/had Tachophobia.
When I was little I had a fever, along with a really weird nightmare that kept getting progressively faster, which scared the living daylights out of me. A recent occurrence has happened to me, and I felt the need to figure this out. It turns out, my friend had the exact same occurrence as me when they were little too. I'm now 15, and I literally just tripped over the answer to your son's problem. I'm no phycologist, but thanks to my recent reasearch, it well may be that your son may have a phobia called Tachophobia. If you search up "Tachophobia test," this could be the answer.
I hope this will help, if I'm not TOO late. :)
-S
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I just read all the comments. And i know this post is 10 years old now...but i think i can add something to the discussion.
Im now 32 yo male, with great health, with very smart indeed, and i had these episodes as i was children, like from 6 years old to the 20 years old. Im a natural autodidact, and in theses years of self experiments, on those conditions, i learn that this is a state of conscious accessed by extensive concentration or stress. People on those state can sense different, experience time, and all others senses, like smell, touch, eye vision, etc....its most dysfunction to the brain to block all information to be processed, and select only important thinks to be knowledge. The great news it this is common and not a disease of something to worry about. As for myself i first learned to not fear this estate, and after that this was a door to a greater self awareness. Now i can start and end this state of conscious and enjoy the learning.
Im now 32 yo male, with great health, with very smart indeed, and i had these episodes as i was children, like from 6 years old to the 20 years old. Im a natural autodidact, and in theses years of self experiments, on those conditions, i learn that this is a state of conscious accessed by extensive concentration or stress. People on those state can sense different, experience time, and all others senses, like smell, touch, eye vision, etc....its most dysfunction to the brain to block all information to be processed, and select only important thinks to be knowledge. The great news it this is common and not a disease of something to worry about. As for myself i first learned to not fear this estate, and after that this was a door to a greater self awareness. Now i can start and end this state of conscious and enjoy the learning.
Hi there, I'm living a healthy life as a grown man in his thirties. I studied physics and aerospace engineering in college, I have great friends and a loving family, I don't shrivel up in the sunlight, and I like pizza, a funny joke, and singing along to the radio. And bacon.
Yesterday evening, I experienced this "fast forward" hallucination while I was walking to the store. I had some fun with it while it lasted, switched it off when I entered the store, then forgot all about it until a few minutes ago, when I decided to Google the hallucination and found this thread. Seeing as many of those who've posted here are worried parents, I thought I'd share my experience to help assuage any fears.
Here's how I would characterize the hallucinations:
1) Primarily, just about everything seems to speed up. If I'm walking at a leisurely pace, I'll feel like I'm power-walking with a real sense of urgency. Cars zip by at seemingly dangerous speeds. Casual movements of my arms, my head, or anything else seem hurried.
2) My heartbeat seems to speed up, and seems much louder. Sometimes I'm afraid that I might have a heart attack, but then I remember that heart attacks just don't work that way.
3) I feel a sense of anxiety. It's not fear, really. It's more like that feeling you get when your roller coaster car is chug-chug-chugging up that first climb out of the loading area. It can also be similar to the way you feel when you've done something wrong and you've convinced yourself that your parents know about it, but you're just waiting for them to confront you.
4) Unless I'm focusing on it, there's a low murmur in my head, like I'm walking through a crowded room where a bunch of folks are discussing something. When I do focus on it, the noise resolves into a single, deep, and rumbling voice screaming in an unintelligible language. It's not frightening, it's just strange. Like a, "huh, that's weird, why's this guy screaming and who got him so upset?" kind of strange.
5) There's an underlying beat throughout the hallucination, like someone's steadily pumping the foot pedal on a drum set. While walking, if I march in time with this beat, I can amplify and sustain the hallucination. I've never really tried to see how long I can sustain it, because I'd rather just stop walking when I reach my intended destination than continue walking just to perpetuate the experience.
6) If the hallucination is particularly potent, everything I touch takes on the texture of linen. Car doors, tile floors, wooden spoons, my clothes, my skin, even my hair... the surfaces of all of these things feel like they're made out of linen. If I roll my tongue around in my mouth, it just feels like I've got a piece of cloth twisting around in there.
7) Human speech does NOT speed up (for me, anyway), and can end the hallucinations early. When I was younger and couldn't just switch the hallucination off at-will, I could dispel the experience by striking up and holding a conversation on just about any topic. Talking to myself didn't seem to help -- I needed a conversation partner.
8) My first hallucination occurred while I was very young (maybe elementary school age?) and down with a high fever. It terrified me, and I had accompanying nightmares that were vivid, horrifying, and surreal. I still remember some aspects of these nightmares today. I do have a vague memory of my young self crying because I didn't want to have the hallucinations anymore. I think my young brain may have been trying to fit the new experiences in with my nascent understanding of how the world normally works. Anyway, I'm all better now (hurray).
9) The hallucinations have become rarer and more difficult to sustain as I grew older.
10) To this day, I haven't really been able to pin down what triggers the hallucinations. Honestly, if I'd managed to figure this out, I'd be self-inducing the hallucinations... in the name of SCIENCE! :)
Thanks to the era of smartphones, I was able to video record the incident from yesterday evening. While I was filming, I was convinced that the world was zipping past me at about twice walking speed, but the playback clearly shows that I was walking along at a normal pace. The video was very boring. Traffic was zipping by at its normal boring speed. The guy narrating in the video sounded like a daft fool, talking about how the world is moving in fast-forward. I admit that I was embarrassed watching the playback and deleted the video right away.
As far as I know, these hallucinations aren't anything to worry over. I have no medical conditions other than nearsightedness and a tendency to stuff my foot in my mouth. I've never done drugs because, with hallucinations like these, who the hell needs drugs? I might have a light case of carpel tunnel now that I've finished writing this answer. And I snore in my sleep, but it's nothing a little adhesive strip for my nose can't fix.
Hopefully, something I've written somewhere in this 10-point novel will help somebody out there. If it does, mission accomplished, and you're very welcome.
Thanks for listening! :)
Yesterday evening, I experienced this "fast forward" hallucination while I was walking to the store. I had some fun with it while it lasted, switched it off when I entered the store, then forgot all about it until a few minutes ago, when I decided to Google the hallucination and found this thread. Seeing as many of those who've posted here are worried parents, I thought I'd share my experience to help assuage any fears.
Here's how I would characterize the hallucinations:
1) Primarily, just about everything seems to speed up. If I'm walking at a leisurely pace, I'll feel like I'm power-walking with a real sense of urgency. Cars zip by at seemingly dangerous speeds. Casual movements of my arms, my head, or anything else seem hurried.
2) My heartbeat seems to speed up, and seems much louder. Sometimes I'm afraid that I might have a heart attack, but then I remember that heart attacks just don't work that way.
3) I feel a sense of anxiety. It's not fear, really. It's more like that feeling you get when your roller coaster car is chug-chug-chugging up that first climb out of the loading area. It can also be similar to the way you feel when you've done something wrong and you've convinced yourself that your parents know about it, but you're just waiting for them to confront you.
4) Unless I'm focusing on it, there's a low murmur in my head, like I'm walking through a crowded room where a bunch of folks are discussing something. When I do focus on it, the noise resolves into a single, deep, and rumbling voice screaming in an unintelligible language. It's not frightening, it's just strange. Like a, "huh, that's weird, why's this guy screaming and who got him so upset?" kind of strange.
5) There's an underlying beat throughout the hallucination, like someone's steadily pumping the foot pedal on a drum set. While walking, if I march in time with this beat, I can amplify and sustain the hallucination. I've never really tried to see how long I can sustain it, because I'd rather just stop walking when I reach my intended destination than continue walking just to perpetuate the experience.
6) If the hallucination is particularly potent, everything I touch takes on the texture of linen. Car doors, tile floors, wooden spoons, my clothes, my skin, even my hair... the surfaces of all of these things feel like they're made out of linen. If I roll my tongue around in my mouth, it just feels like I've got a piece of cloth twisting around in there.
7) Human speech does NOT speed up (for me, anyway), and can end the hallucinations early. When I was younger and couldn't just switch the hallucination off at-will, I could dispel the experience by striking up and holding a conversation on just about any topic. Talking to myself didn't seem to help -- I needed a conversation partner.
8) My first hallucination occurred while I was very young (maybe elementary school age?) and down with a high fever. It terrified me, and I had accompanying nightmares that were vivid, horrifying, and surreal. I still remember some aspects of these nightmares today. I do have a vague memory of my young self crying because I didn't want to have the hallucinations anymore. I think my young brain may have been trying to fit the new experiences in with my nascent understanding of how the world normally works. Anyway, I'm all better now (hurray).
9) The hallucinations have become rarer and more difficult to sustain as I grew older.
10) To this day, I haven't really been able to pin down what triggers the hallucinations. Honestly, if I'd managed to figure this out, I'd be self-inducing the hallucinations... in the name of SCIENCE! :)
Thanks to the era of smartphones, I was able to video record the incident from yesterday evening. While I was filming, I was convinced that the world was zipping past me at about twice walking speed, but the playback clearly shows that I was walking along at a normal pace. The video was very boring. Traffic was zipping by at its normal boring speed. The guy narrating in the video sounded like a daft fool, talking about how the world is moving in fast-forward. I admit that I was embarrassed watching the playback and deleted the video right away.
As far as I know, these hallucinations aren't anything to worry over. I have no medical conditions other than nearsightedness and a tendency to stuff my foot in my mouth. I've never done drugs because, with hallucinations like these, who the hell needs drugs? I might have a light case of carpel tunnel now that I've finished writing this answer. And I snore in my sleep, but it's nothing a little adhesive strip for my nose can't fix.
Hopefully, something I've written somewhere in this 10-point novel will help somebody out there. If it does, mission accomplished, and you're very welcome.
Thanks for listening! :)
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Greens9380 thank you so much for describing what I've been experiencing since I was a little girl, but couldn't really put it into words! Only few months ago, as I had another "attack" I tried to explain in to my partner, first person I spoke about it really..But it's like an inside joke kind of thing, you have to be there to understand;) I do play with it as well, as they don't scare me anymore, but sometimes they are annoying! Especially if you writing a physics essay (;'D) and everything is rushing but you're trying to convince your body everything is normal, so you "slow down" and end up writing on the kayboard like a complete moron, one letter at a time in aaa veeery slooow maaaanner;) I discovered I can trigger them myself sometimes, but usually they just appear out of nowhere. Thanks and happy flash tripping;D
i feel like something similar happens to me, i’m 20 and last night i had an episode where everything was playing out really fast and i couldn’t stop it and needed to call my mom because i felt like Something was going to happen. i don’t know what i was expecting, but something. i’m not sure if this is the same thing because ever since i was younger and it happened i never experienced it during a fever and i never heard a man screaming
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Have you ever experienced panic attacks? Have you ever felt in your field of vision that everything seemed far away, skewed perception visually? Do you experience migraines? I’m trying to figure out all of this too as my mom, myself and now my son who turned 8 Sunday is experiencing what others explained. We have migraines, and my mom also has right temporal lobe epilepsy. My son’s first experience last night was terrifying! I felt so helpless witnessing it when all I could do was hold him and pray and tell him I love him and that he was ok. Everything was going super speed to him and he heard the screaming loud in his head. He said it was his own voice when he would talk sounded like super loud screaming. His fever was 104.
So scary!! Night terror hallucinations and he says while wide awake everything is moving super fast speed. My son does take asthma medication. He turned 8 yesterday and today/tonight he’s having a very high fever 104. He experienced unexplained very high fevers all the time since he was born of 105+ for weeks at a time, even had to have a dye injected CT scan at age 1-2 and the doctors never figured out the cause. Tonight for the first time it scared me to death he was having hallucinations like a night terror while wide awake and screaming in fear and said he was seeing things all around us and said everything in his vision was moving at super fast speed! He said the fast speed was happening earlier today too when he felt sick! I was praying fervently to Jesus for help! It was terrifying to see your child experience it and you can’t calm them down! I kept reassuring him we were ok, explaining he had a fever and that I was right here with him, holding him. He kept kissing me saying he loves me and scared to death at what he was experiencing! I can’t believe I have found others experiencing this too! He has also been diagnosed as twice exceptional with an IQ of 142 and dyslexia. His normal body temperature when he’s not sick always feels so hot to the touch. I’ve even asked his doctor if it could be his thyroid? (As we have a family history of thyroid disease, Graves and Hashimotos. I will research this more and read all the comments
Hello,
I first had these fast forward scary hallucination when I was ill with high fever around 11 years old, now I am 26 years old and I still have them at least 4 times a month , my heart rate seems to increases too.
Thanks God, I don't remember when I learn this trick but it always.. ALWAYS works for me and I hope it will for you.
I just stand on one leg for 30 seconds.. then the second leg. This helps me to organise my brain and thus, the hallucination will stop.. it always do!
I first had these fast forward scary hallucination when I was ill with high fever around 11 years old, now I am 26 years old and I still have them at least 4 times a month , my heart rate seems to increases too.
Thanks God, I don't remember when I learn this trick but it always.. ALWAYS works for me and I hope it will for you.
I just stand on one leg for 30 seconds.. then the second leg. This helps me to organise my brain and thus, the hallucination will stop.. it always do!
have had this since I was a child age 11 It first happend with a fever and happend spontaniolsly untill I figured out that been alone and thinking about it caused it. it's like falling inside your self deep into your own thoughts and mind and it can be stopped with slow controlled breathing and counting backwards. Am now nearly 29 and can turn it on by thinking about it and retreating within my self but can not hold it for longer than 30 mins as it ends when my heart rate drops to a normal pace it leaves the body weak and worn out but during the fast forward all senses are hightend. If I abuse my body by doing it over often I suffer from cluster headaches and ringing in the ears. Although I can start the sensation and stop it once it accours I can not stop it from hapning of its own accord. And as a child the sensation filled me with panic and fear controlled breathing and company was the only thing to subside the feeling.
Hi Debbie. I was just wondering if you ever got a conclusion as I am currently going through exactly the same thing with my 11 year old son. He says things move really quickly and he can hear a man screaming. It started when he had a temperature but has happened recently with him being healthy. I was going to book him a doctors appointment but they seemed to stop but have come back again. I just wondered what answers you had been given. I hope your son is more comfortable with them now. X
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Does he take asthma medication?
My son does take asthma medication. He turned 8 yesterday and today he’s having a very high fever 104. He experienced unexplained very high fever all the time since he was born of 105+ and the doctors never figured out why. Tonight for the first time it scared me to death he was having hallucinations like a night terror while wide awake and said everything in his vision was moving at super fast speed! He said the fast speed was happening earlier today too when he felt sick! I can’t believe I have found others experiencing this too! He has also been diagnosed as twice exceptional with an IQ of 142 and dyslexia. His normal body temperature when he’s not sick always feels so hot to the touch. I’ve even asked his doctor if it could be his thyroid? (As we have a family history of thyroid disease, Graves and Hashimotos. I will research this more and read all the comments.
My daughter has had these experiences of everything seeming to go fast when she is sick usually with a fever. It started when she was young about 8 years old and she's 15 now and just experienced it 2 weeks ago. It scares her and she's worried it means she has a serious illness or psychological disorder. I assure her it's just temporary and probably related to being sick. Although she has had the feeling when she's not sick. Since she has only had the feeling when she is nearly falling asleep, I told her it was related to falling asleep and must be some kind of dream or semi-sleep issue but that it's not life threatening or serious. She gets very frightened and I stay with her until it passes. I talk with her. She likes to explain what's happening as it's going on. I don't tell her to do anything because I don't want to make it worse and I believe trying to solve it while it's happening is just anxiety producing. My daughter already has anxiety at times but it seems more manageable than a few years ago. My daughter also had many high fever episodes as an infant and toddler. They were undiagnosed and she has grown out of them. I told her about this post section and all the people who had a similar experience and it helped her a lot. She seems relieved and she thanked me for being a good mom. It also helped me a lot. Thanks for everyone who shared on this post.
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Any asthma medications?
I’ve gotten this ever since I was like 7. I’m 17 now, and I first got it after a certain nightmare, except I will never rlly be able to remember what the dream was bc I guess it was just more of the feeling itself than an actual dream. I would get it all the time as a kid and now I still get it but way less often. It used to scare the crap out of me but now I think it’s really interesting and I’ll just sit there for a bit until it gets too intense. Usually staying calm helps a lot and I found that going over to a mirror and just looking at myself for a while helps (although that seems rlly scary to do while it’s happening, it usually always makes it go away). The main thing she has to remember is to stay calm and remember that it will pass.
Hi, my 10 year old year old son had had a episode Tuesday March 2018.
He came in my room crying hysterically. Wouldn't say anything. Jumped straight on my husband. We both got up he wouldn't say a word. I went to get cold water when I came back in the room they were in the bathroom. My husband was splashing water.. My son crying. I said are you okay? He started yelling at me Im okay I'm okay over and over. My husband kinda hit his face to get him out of it. He then looked at my husband and said I'm not okay repeated that over and over. then that was it. I asked him what happened. He said numbers were going really fast 20,000 30,000 ect. He felt something really bad.. He acted like he was possessed or not in control of himself. that happened around 1am now a few days later he came back in my room 2:30 am saying hes moving fast. everything is moving fast.
Idk
He came in my room crying hysterically. Wouldn't say anything. Jumped straight on my husband. We both got up he wouldn't say a word. I went to get cold water when I came back in the room they were in the bathroom. My husband was splashing water.. My son crying. I said are you okay? He started yelling at me Im okay I'm okay over and over. My husband kinda hit his face to get him out of it. He then looked at my husband and said I'm not okay repeated that over and over. then that was it. I asked him what happened. He said numbers were going really fast 20,000 30,000 ect. He felt something really bad.. He acted like he was possessed or not in control of himself. that happened around 1am now a few days later he came back in my room 2:30 am saying hes moving fast. everything is moving fast.
Idk
I'm arron I'm 33 and I'm so glad to find others have this I have perceptive reality disorder half asleep while awake I see faded objects from dreams but when waking up looking at a tv everyone seems in fast forward mode I'm very aware of what is going on it does not scare me anymore docs never help. Or mine does not. Wish I knew what it is. I have sleep issues n often feel like stop breathing until I suddenly wake screaming am dying I can't breath before realising I can as my heart beats faster feels like the scare jump starts my breathing. Don't no what to do as now I'm getting chest problems pressure etc light headed n a falling constantly feeling. Any help would be great I'm very intelligent and I'm often my own doctor researching everything myself. But no help here.
I experienced the same thing when I was younger as well. Only happened two times but I will always remember. The first time I was just getting over a fever and the second time was when I was completely healthy and just sitting at the dinner table. Both episodes only lasted about 10 seconds and I never told anybody as I did not think they would believe me. When I remember the episodes now I actually think they were an interesting experience. How many people get to experience life around them on fast forward. I am sure it will pass as others have said but understand how this may scare a child if it happens frequently and for longer duration than a few seconds. Hopefully they will see it how I do when they get older.
Sorry as a long time has passed since you messaged, can they happen when not experiencing a fever?
As I've not been well and believe my son was coming down with a cold bug and I think when he is over tired more so, do I need to see doc is this going to scare him more?? My doctors do telephone consultations may try that first as
As I've not been well and believe my son was coming down with a cold bug and I think when he is over tired more so, do I need to see doc is this going to scare him more?? My doctors do telephone consultations may try that first as
My son has literally just starting to complain of this.
I was scared for him, I do think it has something to with him being over stimulated and over tired, he first said this was in a dream and was in the night, since it's happened a few times in the day, I'm presuming nothing medical but am concerned for him. To read this does make me feel better, I'm hoping he learns to cope with them, is it like panic attacks I wonder?
I was scared for him, I do think it has something to with him being over stimulated and over tired, he first said this was in a dream and was in the night, since it's happened a few times in the day, I'm presuming nothing medical but am concerned for him. To read this does make me feel better, I'm hoping he learns to cope with them, is it like panic attacks I wonder?
Hi my son had a bad fever last week, and now is having the fast moving in his head, what can I do
Hi my son had a bad fever last week, and now is having the fast moving in his head, what can I do
My seventeen year old son went through this briefly and outgrew what we just called "night terrors". My 12 years old is now experiencing the same sensation of everything moving too fast. It happens at the start of going to sleep. I'm blessed that his older brother can reassure him that it's normal and will go away. The twelve year old has figured out that eating something, like a carrot, makes everything slow down. I think it's the chewing causing his brain to focus is what does the trick. I give him a hug and a kiss and he goes back to bed. The main point is for you remain calm and loving and reassure your daughter that lots of kids go through this. It's normal.
My Daughter is going through something like this, so I just want to know, what is it? is it a disease? does it have a name? help please!
I'm 47 years old and had the same experiences as a child. The episodes began at bedtime and soon there after occurred during the day (at school) and the early evenings. I was absolutely terrified in the beginning and the only thing my mother could do back then was take me to the local family doctor. He had no clue, prescribed me nothing (fortunately) and suggested I start a diary. I did not document the events, but soon realized that if I focus my thoughts on a number (any number) visualizing it in three dimensions; the hallucination would stop. I grew accustom to the events and after a few weeks the hallucinations stopped completely. As a child I had above normal anxiety issues and believe this was the root of my episodes.
I had a couple if episodes of this as a child. I had not thought about it in years, and googled and found this thread. Well, I awoke early one morning after having a dream where everything was in fast forward. Upon getting up all my movements appeared to be incredibly fast. I even ran into the living room to see if I was now a super hero like flash. Although I seemed fast in movement, my sense of time didn't convince me I got there in super hero speed. I looked out the window to calm my self, as nobody was up yet. The slight movements of trees and birds also appeared fast. I went back to bed and it passed.
Again that night as I lay down to sleep, it happened again. This time my mom was up and I told her I didn't feel well and how things were moving fast to me. She felt my head and gave me either aspirin or tylenol. I went back to bed and I never had it happen again. From my experience and reading here it gives light to possible fever induced episodes, and a sleep state. I don't recall feeling sick at the time. But very fascinating reading others comments and knowing this happens to others.
Again that night as I lay down to sleep, it happened again. This time my mom was up and I told her I didn't feel well and how things were moving fast to me. She felt my head and gave me either aspirin or tylenol. I went back to bed and I never had it happen again. From my experience and reading here it gives light to possible fever induced episodes, and a sleep state. I don't recall feeling sick at the time. But very fascinating reading others comments and knowing this happens to others.
My 7 yr old has been describing the exact same thing -- says everything feels like it is moving fast, usually going to sleep and a few times at school. I am so encouraged to read these posts and hear how many others have experienced same, have not been able to bring myself to take her to the dr for fear of a psychological deep dive that would end up scarring her emotionally.. She always recovers from episodes, they only seem to last 30 seconds or so, she is a little shaken just after but otherwise is a happy carefree second grader. Will continue to support her and not over react. Thank you lack for your posts.
Im 23 years old and just had one of these hallucinations. I was trying to fall a sleep and just felt weird. Like my body was heavy and very hard to move around but I was moving super fast. I remember having these as I was a child a few times when I had a fever. And just now when I had it I thought to google about it. I'm not sure what brought it on but it does sound like it could be something with rem and sleep patterns like I'm almost going into a dream. It only lasted 2-4 minutes but it was quite scary. I hope this helps out anyone who has questions.
I'm a 38y/o father of 4. I had these "episodes" when I was a child. Fast forward and a year ago my 8 y/o, 7 at the time, son tells me one night that everything is moving really fast. I had completely forgotten about the episodes since I had not had one since I was a child. As a parent of a child who is gong through it, and as someone who experienced it myself, it is really nothing to worry about. It is much more common than you would expect. Good news - not life threatening, doesn't mean there are deep psychological issues, doesn't require extensive medical treatment and passes within minutes. It seems to be set off when someone is not feeling well, fevers definitely set it off, and if you watch your child you will see it probably happens most frequently at bedtime. Do not send your child to a psychiatrist over this. I simply out grew it and forgot all about it until my son experienced it. Both my son and I have ADD, and he is the only one of the 4 who has it. Not too sure if that has anything to do with it, but worth mentioning. Just sit with your child, talk calmly and reassure them everything is fine. Don't exaggerate the situation by making it a big deal. Chances are they will out grow it.
I am sitting here right now as this is happening to my 9 year old daughter for the second night in a row. She started having febrile hallucinations about 2 years ago when she first got tonsillitis. The hallucinations still freak me out but now I at least know from experience that they will pass. Even though i know they pass I still find myself googling while this is happening as I think it reassures me thst other kids the same age are mentioning such similar hallucinations. She mentions that everything is going in fast motion, then slow motion. She sometimes walks in circles around the room crying for it to stop or slow down. She has other instances where she complains that her hands feel 'hard' and she sits there looking at them, throwing her arms around and screaming. Now she is older she remembers when these happen. During the hallucinations I sit with her and ask her how I can help? She says she finds it hard to explain but she just wants it to stop she feels like everything is crazy. Her main thing is not wanting to be alone when it is happening. After reading everyone's post I will continue to sit with her and just reassure her it is her fever talking!
Brigitte1995,
If your is still having these episodes, then I'm pretty sure they have not only escalate to a whole new level but may even appear to be a whole new dimension. I can simply tell you he is not alone in this nor otherwise. He is different and someone knows this so he will experience lapses of time, see images in his third eye which may appear ghostly but be assured, these are ionized gasses in our atmosphere that have bio luminescent qualities and the images and sounds are being created through synthetic telepathy both by your son himself and by those testing his ability to manipulate this material. Just reassure him he has he control, no one else does and he is exactly how god intended him to be... absolutely sane.
Alon Rizzo
If your is still having these episodes, then I'm pretty sure they have not only escalate to a whole new level but may even appear to be a whole new dimension. I can simply tell you he is not alone in this nor otherwise. He is different and someone knows this so he will experience lapses of time, see images in his third eye which may appear ghostly but be assured, these are ionized gasses in our atmosphere that have bio luminescent qualities and the images and sounds are being created through synthetic telepathy both by your son himself and by those testing his ability to manipulate this material. Just reassure him he has he control, no one else does and he is exactly how god intended him to be... absolutely sane.
Alon Rizzo
My daughter age 8 has recently gone through at least 5 to 6 episodes of fast and slow hallucinations. She hears a woman, and I wonder if it is her own voice that she hears, since the boy above hears a man (just taking a guess). All I can do is comfort her, not move fast and go slow until she tells me it goes away. I try to get her a glass of water and ask her to rest afterwards, not knowing what else to do. I admit I am afraid to go to a doctor for fear of crazy meds or unnecessary regimes they would advise. If anyone has more info, I would appreciate hearing more, to get better advice on how to proceed.
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