Post 890627 by deadsuperhero@social.nasqueron.org
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 (DIR) Post #890627 by deadsuperhero@social.nasqueron.org
       2018-10-31T22:51:11Z
       
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       While I'm wearing this eyepatch, I've noticed that if I focus my open left eye on the patch itself, I gradually develop elaborate animated hallucinations. Abstract shapes, cartoon characters running around, weird dream-like imagery.What the hell?If I take the eyepatch off of my left eye, everything returns to normal as if nothing happened.
       
 (DIR) Post #890628 by deadsuperhero@social.nasqueron.org
       2018-10-31T22:54:29Z
       
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       One interesting thing I found in a search is called Charles Bonnet's Syndrome, where deteriorating eye conditions in otherwise healthy elderly people can trigger bizarre (but often pleasant) visual hallucinations.https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3120245/Does the mind just make stuff up when a sensory organ isn't actively receiving input?
       
 (DIR) Post #890629 by wowaname@anime.website
       2018-10-31T23:07:21.443853Z
       
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       @deadsuperhero>Does the mind just make stuff up when a sensory organ isn't actively receiving input?yes
       
 (DIR) Post #892821 by howaboutudance@toot.cafe
       2018-10-31T23:08:10Z
       
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       @deadsuperhero Oliver Sacks had a section in his Hallucinations books about that https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13330771-hallucinations