Wednesday, May 13, 2009

Fever Hallucination Common in the Elderly

Browsing through some Blogs on the internet I ran into some notes from people who had a first hand experience with a Fever Dream. From what I understand Fever Dreams usually occur when a person has a temperature and in the middle of a REM cycle they produce a dream, possibly a scary nightmare that is extremely disjointed. I found it interesting when reading about some peoples encounters with Fever Hallucinations, typically seen in children and the elderly when the have a fever these, do not necessarily occur in the evening they can happen anytime.I think the topic of Fever Hallucinations deserves further investigation.

I stumbled upon a couple blogs that detailed an experience with fever hallucinations. What i found interesting in it was the fact that when he was writing in this state of hallucination he thought he was creating a masterpiece however, when his fever broke and he was back to normal it was just mindless jabber written on the page. Here is the link to this blog:

http://metatime.blogspot.com/2005/12/fever-dreams.html

Are they aware that they are dreaming?

If they are then they might be having a lucid dream. In a lucid dream you are aware that you are dreaming. There are different levels of awareness in lucid dreams, they range from mere awareness that you are dreaming, to the ability to actively participate in the dream in order to change or manipulate the actions or outcomes. There are also different ways to achieve a lucid dream from a sleeping or awake state. Apparently you can help control a lucid dream by keeping a dream journal and doing other things. For more information see:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucid_dream

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