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What causes hallucinations? when i was younger i closed my eyes id see piles of ants! crawling onto my bed seemed so real, is this a hallucination?
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Probably: I would get that checked by a psychologist or psychiatrist.
Answered 6/6/2014
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Hypothesis : One theory that could apply to your question is what's known as the dopamine hypothesis.Dopamine is a nerotransmitter which, according to the theory, is in excess. That means there's too much dopamine in the neuroreceptors, and this contributes to hallucinations.
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