Hallucinations...

[sandyRoe]

Are the visions experienced mangled memories, perhaps of something buried deep in the subconscious, or just a mishmash of random ideas and images?

[pixie373]

That's a good question. I suspect the last, as it is not always something logical. I have seen it many times in schizophrenic people, but I'm not sure which part of the brain is involved.

[emmie]

you can have them through extreme stress, anxiety. and they don't have to be associated with anything

[wolf63]

I am sure that my psychologist described them as mis-firing circuits in the brain. Like everything linked to the brain it is pretty complicated.

See if you can get any answers here - http://www.rcpsych.ac.uk/healthadvice/parentsandyouthinfo/parentscarers/psychosis.aspx

[pixie373]

Having just googled it (and i hope the link works)- auditory are the most common hallucinations and they come from whichever sensory part of the brain is damaged.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2702442/

[Robinia]

When I was very ill, on a cocktail of very strong drugs and not eating I had pseudo-hallucinations, I saw things but thankfully I knew they weren't real. Horrible images, many I couldn't have made up if I'd been asked to so I've no idea how my brain produced them.

[Old_Geezer]

I suspect it depends on the vision. But if one can not be created "from scratch" then is anyone really creative at all ? Is nothing really new ?