I remember extremely vivid childhood hallucinations that lasted from at least 3 to probably 7 years old.

When I was in a dark or dim room I would focus on any object in the room and make it become whatever
I wanted. I would basically project whatever was in my mind into my environment and it would look very real.
For example, balled up socks would become a herd of miniature elephants walking across the floor, luminescent entities would
fill the room, move about and do whatever activities were assigned to them. The darkness would literally come alive with fantastic scenes and activities.
It didn't always have to do with looking at objects, but the darkness itself would be like a canvas for my imagination.
At some point I was introduced to scary ideas from school (Halloween, scary movies) and I started scaring myself at night.
I always knew that I was creating what I saw, that it was in my mind, but after my favorite crochet blanket turned into a blanket of tarantulas I had enough.
It went away as I got older and I was happy about that, but I've always wondered what it was all about and how could I have productively used it.

I also remember having OOB experiences as a child as well. But always wondered about the cause and mechanics behind such extremely
vivid hallucinations. I wonder if anyone else has had such experiences as a child and what could be some reasons for it.

Hi an,

welcome....

I can't speak to your specific experience, but I can say that there are regions of 'psychological space' that are very much like work studios or practice studios, or art studios where pretty much you just directly create with thought in images. It all happens so quickly you almost trip over yourself and become unsure if you thought of the image and then saw it manifest, or saw it first and then thought of it. For people with uncontrolled or undisciplined minds, this can be quite a fun-house/circus romp in NPMR. It has lots of practical applications once someone gets the hang of it though.

Montana

I remember as a kid(mostly all through grade school) it was easy for me to "see myself from above myself" even while walking in line at school, I would be able to just focus and do it, still seeing everything around me, just like a camera. I did not even think much of anything about doing it, I do remember asking other kids If they did it too. It stopped shortly after that.

We do have a close relation with the non-physical as kids, in the first section of MBT Tom goes over his, and how he did not remember it until the ability was regained. We get to a certain point and we have to stop spending as much time in between the two and focus on becoming a "normal person".

"Ding" thank you Targobaath. Your post just made it click that the event I vividly recall walking home from the store when I was little thinking "I made it (to physical I think)" and looking at my feet walking was from above, ha! :)
Love
Bette

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I am grateful to have found this site, I relate to many of the experiences you all have posted!

Once when I was about 12 years old I found myself aware within a lucid dream, as I often did, but this one was very different. I was simply standing by myself in the middle of my cul-de-sac during a bright sunset while wind was moving through the trees, but unlike other lucid dreams, this environment seemed amazingly real and indescribably rich! I was shocked by how beautiful and real it was! I looked down at my own hands and could see every line in the skin. I thought to myself, "do I have full thinking capacity here?" and asked myself various factual questions about my life to ensure I had access to all my data, and amazingly (unlike in most dreams), I did. I stared at the trees, heard the exquisitely crisp sound of the wind blowing through the leaves, and was totally amazed at the richness of all the sensory information, because it was MORE REAL than what I experienced in the "real world."

I explained this experience to others, quite certain it was not a standard dream of any kind, but to my surprise, it seemed that others had not experienced anything similar.

I definitely know the excitement that you feel when you start realizing how "real" everything looks out there. I've found myself sitting in the middle of a street rubbing the ground and laughing because of how "real" it felt hahaha. (Of course not here in PMR, I did it once when I became functionally aware and a different reality frame.)