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How exactly do aura's feel

Mon, 05/15/2006 - 11:30
How exactly do aura's feel? Can you have aura's and not have an actual seizure? I think I had some this weekend. I went off into like a "spacy" feeling. Like I was tingling and I couldn't make myself snap out of it for a few seconds. I have had a headache since I has these feelings. I have had E a long time, but I am new to all the terminology and so forth. Thanks.

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Submitted by panacea81 on Sun, 2009-07-05 - 14:12

Hia Everyone,

I am new to this thread and hoping to find some answers as to why I get these auras.

This is my little story and I would love for any feedback.

 

It all started when I was around 14 years old and I was hanging out with friends playing tuggy rope. I slipt, fell back and hit my head on the pavement sharpley resulting in what felt like an electric shock running up my spine and into the back of my head. The very day after I started getting these weird turns which I have always called (Deja Vu) its the only descriptive word I can think of. I get these sensations that wash over me and make me feel nauseous, incredibly hot and sweaty no matter if it is freezing around me. I feel like I need to go to the loo badly my heart pounds and I get a weird blank taste in my mouth which makes me feel a little sick. Thats whats happening to my body whilst this little episode is happening. What happening to my brain starts off by me feeling like I have seen and done the things I am doing right then in a recent dream or something, very deja vu feeling and very familar. I even run to the loo or put down my lap top in slow motion when its happening like I have done so in a dream or before lots of times. I havent. I always feel when its coming and will deliberatly look around and say to who ever is there, Im getting Deja vu and i always feel like I know how they are going to turn around,look at me and say "Oh dear I know...just relax" Its so odd and all of the above happens together and can last maybe up to 2 minutes only. After the bash to my head I got these Deja vu's each day maybe up to 6 a day. Then it dwindled to around 1 a month which I then thought was something to do with my menstrual cycle but the more I think about it and have the deja vu's I realise its not even close to them. I am 27 now and feel as though I know the inside outs of them. During the day I can handle them because I am aware of them washing over me, however I dont like the ones I get in my sleep as I wake up startled at first until it dawns on me whats happening..its slightly confusing at first and makes me get up and break the pattern by drinking some water or running to the loo feeling nauseous. 

  On these nights I wake up properly in the morning feeling tired and as if my brain feels fried, thats the best way I can describe having a hand full of these on and off leaves me feeling. I suffer head aches all of the time, but these ones feel different. 

They can be triggered in me by lots of different things, like watching TV something Ive never seen before. Il be sat there and it will wash over me like this big fear and it makes me feel as if I know what they are going to do and say next. I dont believe in physcics so I am confused as to why thats happening. When I am out and about and meet people or friends it can come over me in an instant and makes me feel like ive sat there, the same place, feeling the lot but vaguely in a dream..its so weird. I even start remembering faces to my dreams and things I felt in my dreams that I had forgotten about when I woke up. All these things only happen on those days that I get the Deja vu once a month. 

For a few days after the Deja vu's, I feel almost scared, deffinitley depressed and just generally at a low. I also feel like I cant be bothered to do anything even though on a normal day I know its important. Im lucky enough now because I have had them for so long, to understand that the few days after are going to pass because if I didnt, It would be awful and I dont know what I would do.These few days always fill me with dread too and i can never put my finger on why. i dont feel safe and feel so aloneeven though I am not.

I have a lot going on in my life right now with TV and traveling and when I get these two down days after the Deaj vu days it worries me because at them times I feel like just giving it all up and hiding under my bed sheets.

 

All the other days in the month minus these three, I am so happy and normal..maybe a little stressed but never feel down or anything so i know its just a brain blip that I need to keep check on.

I never have seizures though after my (auras/deja vu's) which scares me because does that mean I havent had that pleasure yet? I only have auras, never felt as though Im having a seizure. What do seizures feel like? am I having mild ones which dont feel too bad that I am just not understanding them or will they come to me further down the line?

 

I dont want to go on medication because I hear so many bad stories and as long as I can keep a check on these myself then I will try my best.

 

Just after each of the Deja vu's happen, it makes me feel giggly like Ive taken drugs or something. I get a massive brain high and smirk... I never smirk normally so dont understand why its happening after these.

Sometimes when I know one is coming I will try and focus on it or stare at something which will trigger a more powerful one.. I know completely in sane way of thinking but I dont feel myself when these are happening so who knows why? 

My partner is also starting to get similar things happen to him. Are we syncronising or are we both eating bad diets? its all so strange and its really getting him down so i gave him links to this page so he could read through all of your posts which may help him too.

 

Would love to know your thoughts on this and its very comforting to finally find out that I am not alone.

Hia Everyone,

I am new to this thread and hoping to find some answers as to why I get these auras.

This is my little story and I would love for any feedback.

 

It all started when I was around 14 years old and I was hanging out with friends playing tuggy rope. I slipt, fell back and hit my head on the pavement sharpley resulting in what felt like an electric shock running up my spine and into the back of my head. The very day after I started getting these weird turns which I have always called (Deja Vu) its the only descriptive word I can think of. I get these sensations that wash over me and make me feel nauseous, incredibly hot and sweaty no matter if it is freezing around me. I feel like I need to go to the loo badly my heart pounds and I get a weird blank taste in my mouth which makes me feel a little sick. Thats whats happening to my body whilst this little episode is happening. What happening to my brain starts off by me feeling like I have seen and done the things I am doing right then in a recent dream or something, very deja vu feeling and very familar. I even run to the loo or put down my lap top in slow motion when its happening like I have done so in a dream or before lots of times. I havent. I always feel when its coming and will deliberatly look around and say to who ever is there, Im getting Deja vu and i always feel like I know how they are going to turn around,look at me and say "Oh dear I know...just relax" Its so odd and all of the above happens together and can last maybe up to 2 minutes only. After the bash to my head I got these Deja vu's each day maybe up to 6 a day. Then it dwindled to around 1 a month which I then thought was something to do with my menstrual cycle but the more I think about it and have the deja vu's I realise its not even close to them. I am 27 now and feel as though I know the inside outs of them. During the day I can handle them because I am aware of them washing over me, however I dont like the ones I get in my sleep as I wake up startled at first until it dawns on me whats happening..its slightly confusing at first and makes me get up and break the pattern by drinking some water or running to the loo feeling nauseous. 

  On these nights I wake up properly in the morning feeling tired and as if my brain feels fried, thats the best way I can describe having a hand full of these on and off leaves me feeling. I suffer head aches all of the time, but these ones feel different. 

They can be triggered in me by lots of different things, like watching TV something Ive never seen before. Il be sat there and it will wash over me like this big fear and it makes me feel as if I know what they are going to do and say next. I dont believe in physcics so I am confused as to why thats happening. When I am out and about and meet people or friends it can come over me in an instant and makes me feel like ive sat there, the same place, feeling the lot but vaguely in a dream..its so weird. I even start remembering faces to my dreams and things I felt in my dreams that I had forgotten about when I woke up. All these things only happen on those days that I get the Deja vu once a month. 

For a few days after the Deja vu's, I feel almost scared, deffinitley depressed and just generally at a low. I also feel like I cant be bothered to do anything even though on a normal day I know its important. Im lucky enough now because I have had them for so long, to understand that the few days after are going to pass because if I didnt, It would be awful and I dont know what I would do.These few days always fill me with dread too and i can never put my finger on why. i dont feel safe and feel so aloneeven though I am not.

I have a lot going on in my life right now with TV and traveling and when I get these two down days after the Deaj vu days it worries me because at them times I feel like just giving it all up and hiding under my bed sheets.

 

All the other days in the month minus these three, I am so happy and normal..maybe a little stressed but never feel down or anything so i know its just a brain blip that I need to keep check on.

I never have seizures though after my (auras/deja vu's) which scares me because does that mean I havent had that pleasure yet? I only have auras, never felt as though Im having a seizure. What do seizures feel like? am I having mild ones which dont feel too bad that I am just not understanding them or will they come to me further down the line?

 

I dont want to go on medication because I hear so many bad stories and as long as I can keep a check on these myself then I will try my best.

 

Just after each of the Deja vu's happen, it makes me feel giggly like Ive taken drugs or something. I get a massive brain high and smirk... I never smirk normally so dont understand why its happening after these.

Sometimes when I know one is coming I will try and focus on it or stare at something which will trigger a more powerful one.. I know completely in sane way of thinking but I dont feel myself when these are happening so who knows why? 

My partner is also starting to get similar things happen to him. Are we syncronising or are we both eating bad diets? its all so strange and its really getting him down so i gave him links to this page so he could read through all of your posts which may help him too.

 

Would love to know your thoughts on this and its very comforting to finally find out that I am not alone.

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Submitted by wd123 on Fri, 2012-12-28 - 16:13

I get stressed out - do weird stuff like wander - incessantly wander and wander. I get sore arms and legs from panic. My thoughts are confused - sometimes going back in time - I figure i lose my short term memory and all I get is long term memories.  At this point I must take the emergency meds.  I tend to have comprehension that I am having a seizure. I will feel sick but I wont vomit. I will get extreme panic attack and aloneness. I know I am not far off of it, and I take the meds. I can last until I am closing doors and wanting to "protect things".

If I dont take med at this point - protecting things is possibly too far gone. I will start to wander and hullicanate. At this point it is beyond my comprehension to get to the med because I cannot find it or I am stuck staring at nothing or doing weird stuff. I am screaming, or seeing hullicanation rather than going for med. The med will mostly take it away.

THe other day I took med and it took a while to work. I was thinking 1 hr to work and put me to sleep. Normally it takes 10 mins and I am asleep.

At the point I take meds. I have wandered onto roads and such and made weird calls and sent weird emails said and done weird things. Mostly centered around religion and God or doomsday, natural disasters, death and dying. Wish they were centered around nice things.

I then blank out and wake up elsewhere generally. However I dont let it get to this stage now - I have meds that take it away and as long as I can get to the meds and be safe (you cannot just fall asleep in public) I am ok.

Thanks

I get stressed out - do weird stuff like wander - incessantly wander and wander. I get sore arms and legs from panic. My thoughts are confused - sometimes going back in time - I figure i lose my short term memory and all I get is long term memories.  At this point I must take the emergency meds.  I tend to have comprehension that I am having a seizure. I will feel sick but I wont vomit. I will get extreme panic attack and aloneness. I know I am not far off of it, and I take the meds. I can last until I am closing doors and wanting to "protect things".

If I dont take med at this point - protecting things is possibly too far gone. I will start to wander and hullicanate. At this point it is beyond my comprehension to get to the med because I cannot find it or I am stuck staring at nothing or doing weird stuff. I am screaming, or seeing hullicanation rather than going for med. The med will mostly take it away.

THe other day I took med and it took a while to work. I was thinking 1 hr to work and put me to sleep. Normally it takes 10 mins and I am asleep.

At the point I take meds. I have wandered onto roads and such and made weird calls and sent weird emails said and done weird things. Mostly centered around religion and God or doomsday, natural disasters, death and dying. Wish they were centered around nice things.

I then blank out and wake up elsewhere generally. However I dont let it get to this stage now - I have meds that take it away and as long as I can get to the meds and be safe (you cannot just fall asleep in public) I am ok.

Thanks

Re: How Auras feel

Submitted by airabella500 on Fri, 2012-12-28 - 16:15
I have them a lot. Most of the time I am "spacey" and get the feeling of imminent doom. I will sit in my house terrified to go out-terrified to meet people, just terrified of everything. I am afraid to die and dwell on it constantly. Disco balls and the likes will bring them on "they make u feel weak and like u are out of your mind" but then again they can be pleasant and it seems like I have all the answers to life ( which I rationalize I don't). Sometimes I don't know what the hell I am doing and people have commented on this. I was told that I have frontal Lobe w/brain spikes. I had to look this up because the Drs. don't go into detail and if they do I can't remember what they said. I can't remember dates, people etc. I take antidepressants and Xanax because I can't deal with things. Stress is a major one-simple little things can put me in panic mode then headaches and auras. I smell smoke a lot and think the house is burning up. Anyways-people aura's are all different-maybe we are all in hell or heaven. I don't know becuz before this I was unsure if God existed-now I know something is messing with my mind showing me the way of bliss or oblivion. I have to seem to have the same dreams every night and I am always cold. We are all there for one another.

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