What are the Types of Hallucinations?

Hallucinations are sensory perceptions that aren’t real. They involve experiencing sounds, seeing things, smells, tastes, or touch sensations that seem real but exist only in the mind, which means they do not exist in real or has never happened.

What are the different types of hallucinations?

Hallucinations can be of different types which we will discuss:

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• Auditory hallucinations: In auditory  hallucination, a person hears such sounds that nobody else can hear. For example: talking to somebody who is not even present, or hearing someone calling their name, footsteps, whistle, and much more which is just in the head of that person.
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• Visual hallucinations: Visual hallucinations means a person can see another person who is not there, lights, some objects or animal which is not really there, which means any normal person can’t see them.
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• Tactile hallucinations: Tactile hallucination means a person can feel some kind of touch sensations, or something moving on the body, like some insect or bugs crawling on the skin or even sometimes in the internal organs as well.
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• Olfactory hallucinations: Olfactory hallucinations means hallucinations of smell. It means a person can smell something like rotten, burnt, or some fragrance which is not there for real, or no one else can smell it.
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• Gustatory hallucinations: Gustatory hallucinations means experiencing unusual tastes. It means a person can experience unpleasant taste in their food. The most common is metallic taste.
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• Kinesthetic hallucinations: Kinesthetic hallucinations means a person feels like their body is moving, flying or floating, while in real there is no movement in their body.

source:  https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2702442/