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I keep hearing my name being called, but there is no one around. Its starting to creep me out! I'm completly serious.

Yell back, "WHAT!?"
Or something real loud and angrily, maybe scare them off?

Well, there are three logical explanations:

1. Someone really is calling you
2. It's a ghost/demon/supernatural entity
3. You're going insane

Yell back, "WHAT!?"

This plan is seconded by me. :)

Yell back, "WHAT!?"
Or something real loud and angrily, maybe scare them off?


I said, "Yeah?" and no one replied.

auditory halucinations

causes
1 lack of sleep
2 drugs
3 mental illness

I said, "Yeah?" and no one replied.

Well, if it suddenly gets cold or you feel a presence, it's probably supernatural. Do you have the lights on?

If it persists, keep yelling. Then throw something. If all else fails, I don't know what to do. Personally, I'd be pretty creeped out.

auditory halucinations

causes
1 lack of sleep
2 drugs
3 mental illness


Don't forget stress.

Sometimes it happens to me, but only just as I'm drifting off to sleep.

The mind is a funny thing.

Well, if it suddenly gets cold or you feel a presence, it's probably supernatural. Do you have the lights on?

Yes.

Yes.

Lights are good.

Well, is it getting cold/do you feel a presence?

auditory halucinations

causes
1 lack of sleep
2 drugs
3 mental illness

1 or 2, but i'm sober right at this moment. 3, no, i have good mental health.

I keep hearing my name being called, but there is no one around. Its starting to creep me out! I'm completly serious.


This happened to a friend of mine. They found him the next day ripped to shreds with a grimace of extreme horror on his frozen dead face.

1 or 2, but i'm sober right at this moment. 3, no, i have good mental health.

I'd say it's from lack of sleep in that case. Then again, I've been up late and worn out but never had any kind of auditory hallucinations...it probably depends on how tired you are.

Lights are good.

Well, is it getting cold/do you feel a presence?

my entire life its felt like someone is always behind me.

This happened to a friend of mine. They found him the next day ripped to shreds with a grimace of extreme horror on his frozen dead face.

If he was ripped to shreds, how did he have a grimace of extreme horror? :p

If he was ripped to shreds, how did he have a grimace of extreme horror? :p

It was a shredly horrible jagged grimace that will haunt me forever.

I'd say it's from lack of sleep in that case. Then again, I've been up late and worn out but never had any kind of auditory hallucinations...it probably depends on how tired you are.
do you use illicit drugs?

drug use + lack of sleep is enough to push your mind into a weird place, the lack of sleep alone might never be enough unless you are very deprived.

Well, if it suddenly gets cold or you feel a presence, it's probably supernatural. Do you have the lights on?


Or not.

There is a thing called night paralysis that is often confused for a supernatural attack. This is probably not night paralysis, but it is, most likely, something subconscious.

Like I said - the mind is a funny thing. Your own imagination can do you more harm than all the people and "ghosts" that ever existed or didn't exist.

Well, there are three logical explanations:

1. Someone really is calling you
2. It's a ghost/demon/supernatural entity
3. You're going insane

These are not mutually exclusive ;)

do you use illicit drugs?

drug use + lack of sleep is enough to push your mind into a weird place, the lack of sleep alone might never be enough unless you are very deprived.
They don't even have to be illicit. Many common cold remedies can produce the same effect.

There is a thing called night paralysis that is often confused for a supernatural attack. This is probably not night paralysis, but it is, most likely, something subconscious.

Like I said - the mind is a funny thing. Your own imagination can do you more harm than all the people and "ghosts" that ever existed or didn't exist.

Yes, the "old hag" syndrome. It can be a very frightening experience because you're trapped between sleep and consciousness; the subconscious responds to the sensation of paralysis and fills it with what we fear because of the nature of the situation. That's probably why people never hallucinate angels or hear music by Mozart when they have SP but rather frightening images and voices...

do you use illicit drugs?
drug use + lack of sleep is enough to push your mind into a weird place, the lack of sleep alone might never be enough unless you are very deprived.

I don't. However, I've had some pretty weird dreams and hallucinations if I'm sick and have taken some medicine to help me sleep (eg NyQuil).

How about delusional siblings. My sister once recorded her calling out my name on a cassette and set it to replay constantly one time when I was home alone. I didn't fall for it for long, but it was an odd thing initially.

my entire life its felt like someone is always behind me.
welcome to the club:fluffle:
just ignore it or say hi and then move on
if its truly bothering you leave to room you in or turn on some music
when it happens to me i just laugh softly and it stops:)

These are not mutually exclusive ;)

Usually, the supernatural produces the voices which lead to the insanity. Either that, or the insanity produces the voices that one assumes to be the supernatural.

I guess it's one of the risks of looking in to the paranormal; there's always that chance you'll look too far and whatever you find will not like you looking...

and before when the AC was on i swear there were voices screaming

and before when the AC was on i swear there were voices screaming

Are you in a house or an apartment?

An AC system can carry any sounds or vibrations from points along the ducts and possibly distort them, creating what sound like voices. For example, a radio in another room or outside could carry along the AC ducts and sound like someone screaming; it could even be the air conditioner itself.

Either that, or there's something seriously weird going on. For that matter, are you alone?

Are you in a house or an apartment?

An AC system can carry any sounds or vibrations from points along the ducts and possibly distort them, creating what sound like voices. For example, a radio in another room or outside could carry along the AC ducts and sound like someone screaming; it could even be the air conditioner itself.

Either that, or there's something seriously weird going on. For that matter, are you alone?

very good point! and, yes, im alone.

very good point! and, yes, im alone.

Well, next time you hear it you should see where it's coming from; if it's coming from an AC vent, it will (obviously) be near the floor and have an almost tinny sound to it in addition to the actual voice from the metal ducts.

If you're alone that rules out the possibility of someone else doing it inside.

His internet connection was cut 2 hours ago. These forum replies are coming FROM INSIDE THE HOUSE!

His internet connection was cut 2 hours ago. These forum replies are coming FROM INSIDE THE HOUSE!

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His internet connection was cut 2 hours ago. These forum replies are coming FROM INSIDE THE HOUSE!

Wouldn't they be coming from inside the house even if his Internet connection were working? :p

Wouldn't they be coming from inside the house even if his Internet connection were working? :p

What am I? Some monument to freaking logic?

I keep hearing my name being called, but there is no one around. Its starting to creep me out! I'm completly serious.
I always thought you were quite strange....

:p

I keep hearing my name being called, but there is no one around. Its starting to creep me out! I'm completly serious.
I... hear some sort of whale, vomiting into its own ass.

No I mean, I hear a whale, vomiting into its own ass...all the time...I think I'm going deaf...with whales...

I... hear some sort of whale, vomiting into its own ass.

No I mean, I hear a whale, vomiting into its own ass...all the time...I think I'm going deaf...with whales...


I was front man for a band named Ambergris Enema.

Yes, the "old hag" syndrome. It can be a very frightening experience because you're trapped between sleep and consciousness; the subconscious responds to the sensation of paralysis and fills it with what we fear because of the nature of the situation. That's probably why people never hallucinate angels or hear music by Mozart when they have SP but rather frightening images and voices...
I once hallucinated that I was playing a video game right before I fell I asleep, then I realise I couldn't move and felt like I was laying down. When I tried to move the world fell away like a mosaic and I was in my bed with my hand reaching up toward the ceiling. I got a bit of an impression the the person I was playing with wasn't human...

So, I got a good night of sleep and feel alot better! Only real voices today.

I keep hearing my name being called, but there is no one around. Its starting to creep me out! I'm completly serious.
I have days when that happens...I used to work on a bar and it would get really busy...and that would be the worst time. Mostly P I'd hear, and I'd be looking around like a spanner.

Dont worry about it, we're normal...it's everyone else with the problem :rolleyes:

I have days when that happens...I used to work on a bar and it would get really busy...and that would be the worst time. Mostly P I'd hear, and I'd be looking around like a spanner.

Dont worry about it, we're normal...it's everyone else with the problem :rolleyes:


YAY! Someone thinks i'm normal! MAkes me feel so much better!

YAY! Someone thinks i'm normal! MAkes me feel so much better!
Aw good *hugs tight* good stuff buddy! :p

I have days when that happens...I used to work on a bar and it would get really busy...and that would be the worst time. Mostly P I'd hear, and I'd be looking around like a spanner.

Dont worry about it, we're normal...it's everyone else with the problem :rolleyes:

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What am I? Some monument to freaking logic?
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