Are you for real?

Hallucinations. We often hear caregivers talk of their loved one having hallucinations. 

First of all, there is no fix for this. These things are real. Whatever it is the patient is experiencing you will never get them to understand it's not real.

I haven't had a problem with hallucinations as of yet. Mine happen at night and are of course called nightmares. 

But to the patient, these are as real as it gets. It's the brain, where hallucinations originate, and its the brain that is diseased. 

Try to keep them calm. If you can, just listen and its better to go along with whatever it is they think they are seeing or experiencing, try to talk to them calmly. 

As long of course it is no danger to them or anyone else. I know the struggles I deal with when I have nightmares. I can never remember them, they always wake me up, I'm confused, scared, and then the anxiety sets in. 

Three in the morning is a very quiet lonely time for anyone to be awake who has just had a nightmare. It goes back to our childhood. 

When we sure there was something hiding under our bed. If hallucinations are anything like nightmares again they are as real as real can get.

What triggers hallucinations? Any answer to that would be an educated guess at best. No one knows. There are those who surmise. There are articles written about this subject all over the internet. 

But when it comes to anything dealing with the brain, be it dementia, seizures, or hallucinations, etc. there is no definitive answer as to why or what causes them.