Woman with schizophrenia reveals her most terrifying hallucinations
For those who don't know what schizophrenia is; it's basically a mental disorder that can cause sufferers to have hallucinations, hear voices in their head, and have difficulty understanding reality.
Cecilia McGough, who has suffered from schizophrenia for most of her life, decided to discuss what every day life is like for her and it truly the stuff of nightmares. The 23-year-old has several hallucinations that appear in front of her, including a shadowy figure called Mr Blob Man, and gigantic spiders.
Cecilia's hallucinations are so vivid that she can actually feel physical pain. She says:
It was more around junior and senior year of high school where I started actually hallucinating the clown from Stephen King's It and that was terrifying. I also hallucinated large spiders. The clown hallucination is 24/7. But whenever I start seeing the girl, like out of The Ring, that's a hallucination that I'm a little bit more afraid of: the girl stabbing me. It's called a tactile hallucination, so my brain is registering it as an actual feeling, so it hurts, it's very painful.
Check out Cecilia's interview with Barcroft TV:
Tactile hallucinations in schizophrenia patients is actually pretty rare, with only about 20 percent of schizophrenics experiencing it. Cecilia says that although she was scared of her schizophrenia while she was growing up, she has now come to terms with it and tried to lead a normal life. Cecilia says she wanted to be open to people about her condition because she wants to break down the stereotype that people with schizophrenia can't be active members of society. Wow. Poor girl. Seeing scary shit like that 24/7 sounds fucking awul!
