Is to normal to have hallucinations due to severe anxiety?
Three years ago I was raped,
The year after it happened I didn't have to many problems as I suppressed the memories and feelings, to the point where I questioned that it actually happened. The second year I became severly depressed and was hopsitalized for attempted suicide. The third year, which is part of this year I've became so anxious and paranoid that I can't sleep at night, can't be alone, and can't trust anyone. When it gets dark I became to become extremely jumpy and anxious my heart races, I shake, I begin thinking someone is going to break into my house and do it again- then after a few hours of feeling this way I'll start to hear things- like I'll hear the window creak as if it's opening and someone is going to come in through the window and attack me, I'll hear bumping around outside my window or door and I immediately think it's an intruder. I'm tired of feeling like this- like I'm freaking crazy! I have panic attacks often, and they're just getting worse and the panic attacks are getting more and more severe. Is it normal for severe anxiety to cause auditory and sometimes visual hallucinations?