‘I walked into the bathroom and there he was: A frog in my bathtub!’
‘I see little children playing in the back garden in perfect clarity’
‘I see marching soldiers in my living room!’
‘I see a face with an old Victorian hat’
What can YOU see?
Maybe you have not experienced visual hallucinations before, maybe you have. Vivid, silent visual hallucinations, also known as Charles Bonnet Syndrome, can be a normal consequence of vision impairment. They can occur in children and adults with varying degrees of vision impairment and they can manifest as simple patterns or more complex images.
Most people understand that these images are not real, because the images are usually crystal clear, when their everyday vision is not. If the images occur frequently and are causing disturbance, it can help to find some distraction, to get up and do something, to move your eyes, to switch on the room lights or to look away from the hallucination. There are other ways to manage the visual hallucinations, which can be discussed with your doctor or health care professional.
For more information, visit:
https://www.charlesbonnetsyndrome.uk/
https://www.macularsociety.org/macular-disease/macular-conditions/charles-bonnet-syndrome/
https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/charles-bonnet-syndrome/
https://www.rnib.org.uk/your-eyes/eye-conditions-az/charles-bonnet-syndrome/
