Is it normal to have reoccuring painful hallucinations?

Ever since I was younger, I've had visual hallucinations when I would try to fall asleep -- they would appear in geometric patterns, noises, and sometimes even insects. I've recently found out that these are called hypnagogic hallucinations, and are relatively harmless. However, I've also had horribly painful hallucinations when trying to fall asleep. Upon closing my eyes, green streaks appear across my vision that are blinding and "burn" the inside of my eyelids. I've had to continuously sleep with my light on, and not close my eyes until I physically had to, since I was six or seven years old.

Also, I've had other hallucinations during the day. Once was when I was younger, I heard music and thought there was something wrong with my computer as it was completely off; the music didn't stop, and no one else was able to hear it. It wasn't until now that I realized there was never any music playing. I have also heard a voice in my head criticizing and talking to me, to which I have replied, sometimes in my mind and sometimes out loud.

I also suffer from paranoid "delusions", to which I refuse to go into further detail on. I've had them since I was younger, and they do not go away.

A more recent daytime hallucination that I've had, I'm actually not sure was a hallucination at all. Apparently, you can suffer from gustatory, or taste, hallucinations. When I was eating, I got this horrible metallic taste from the food and silverware, and had to change what and how I ate. My parents, upon tasting the food, repeatedly told me there was no metallic taste, and the silverware was perfectly fine. I'm not exactly sure whether the metallic taste was real, or if it was all in my head.

Anyway, my question is: Is it normal to have painful, or any, hallucinations that impair your sleep/daily life? Do you hear voices or taste things that do not really exist?

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  • Necrozoophile

    Don't worry,both of us have these hallucinations.
    In my case,I have tactile hallucinations accompanied by auditory ones.
    ex: getting touched several times by an entity while surfing the internet and then hearing someone saying: ''Tonight,I will stay with you''

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  • Avant-Garde

    Go to a neurologist before you go to a therapist. Regular hallucinations aren't supposed to hurt.

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  • I've had hallucinations, but never painful ones. I've never even heard anyone complain about that and I used to co-facilitate a mental illness support group and have heard a lot of other people talk about hallucinations.
    I recommend medication if its so bad that it hurts.

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  • handsignals

    If this is true you need to see a doctor like right now.

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  • Dulse.

    Not normal. You should tell a doctor if you have not already. I hope things get better for you.

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  • Have you ever sought out treatment for it because that's definitely not normal?

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  • delling

    That sounds like schizophrenia or maybe a neurological condition. If you can afford a neurologist, get it checked out, but a psychiatrist might be able to fix it.

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  • Riddler

    You might have Schizophrenia. Though the medication for the treatment has some severe side effect there is treatments for it. People with this hear voices talking to the, and might have audio and visual hallucinations. Such as the music playing, and seeing lights of things that do not really exist. I would say go to a neurologist.

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