Charles Bonnet syndrome: Why the blind see hallucinations

Today I awoke feeling hopeless, disconnected from my body and my thoughts. All I could sense was the void that my vision loss represented. I kept thinking how beautiful it would be to see clearly, as I opened my eyes to a world submerged in gray fog. Suddenly, the room began to distort. The shadows slowly transformed into figures, men and women trying to pull off my legs were manifesting …

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