Glimpses of things that aren't there

I have had things similar, not all the time but definitely when i'm tired or have a heightened anxiety period. I once was completely convinced a mannequin turned its head towards me once. But when i looked full on, just a normal mannequin. I also have bouts when i'm lying in bed and i'll wake and see a spider either dangling above me or crawling next to the pillow and when i turn the light on...nothing. Same surge of adrenaline after too.

The mind can definitely play powerful tricks. But if you feel this is happening alot and affecting your daily routine, definitely bring it up. Won't hurt to talk about it.

Hi there onward,🙂

 did your dr tell you it’s possible to get tunnel vision with anxiety and that people me included get what I can only describe as flickering lights at the sides of my eyes around the top edges.

 Anxiety has many mány symptoms/ side effects from tablets, it’s hard to believe somtimes that this is anxiety.

take comfort that your phycatritrst  knows there stuff! But of course mention this as it affecting you.

 I hope you can get some clarity on this for your peace of mind wouldn’t hurt would it?

 Take care 

vicky🌈

Don’t worry too much about it Onward. This probably is a symptom of anxiety. I had similar experiences in my lifetime. The mind is very complex and can create all kinds of illusions. 

Hi onward. Are you getting enough sleep? Are these peripheral visions happening when you've been awake for ages? Because sleep deprivation can cause the types of things you're describing, going from what I know.

Hello all, thank you for the replies, just seeing these!  Spoke to my psych and he said likely stress related.  Still dealing with it though and it's freaking me out big time.  Feel like I'm on the brink of a more serious disorder and it's going to turn into that (probably also my anxiety talking), but this seems to be happening A LOT.  I don't know if stress/ some kind of thyroid/ who knows, or maybe just my body's way of expressing its anxiety.  It almost seems to have taken on an OCDish type tendency more than anything, where I'm constantly checking and reassessing, followed by "wtf?!"  Really don't know.  Gonna bring it up again to him this week and really let him know how annoying it's been.  I could be somehow feeding it by fearing it.  I don't know.  Thank you for the replies though!

You definitely don't need to answer this directly, but your post made me wonder if you have any past trauma and this could be a combination of anxiety/PTSD symptoms? (not a doctor) - I know that personally when I was really struggling with some frightening things that had happened, I was startled by things I thought were nearby and my brain magnified the threats all the time, which of course kickstarted my anxiety. 

I get this too.... I try my hardest not to focus on it bc I will feel like I'm going crazy.. idk what it is