10 Symptoms of Bipolar Depression
Symptom #2: Hallucinations
Our eyes and ears act as sensors that detect what is physically around us and send that information to our processing center… the brain. The brain then converts the light signals and sound waves to form visual and audio images of what is around us. Our processing center is incredibly accurate and reliable – usually.
However, sometimes the brain is not processing correctly, and it will begin to produce visual and audio images that are simply not there 2https://www.webmd.com/brain/what-are-hallucinations#1. People with bipolar depression can suffer from audio and visual hallucinations that can seem very real to them. Hearing voices is one hallucination that may sound stereotypical, but for bipolar sufferers it is a very real symptom.
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