When I wake up - I see things that don't belong?

Question

When I wake up - it usually last from 5 to 30 seconds where I will open my eyes and the first thing I look at, I'll fixate on and interpert as something else.

Like, I wake up and see my chair, and I will think for a few seconds that it's a gorilla sitting in my room. I wont freak out, but I will believe in my mind that it's there, and I don't react to it.

One time I woke up and saw my pillow kinda crushed, and thought there was a baby next to me.

When I had a sleep over, and the guy woke up first, I woke up and saw the tv light, and I kept asking him what that light was. After a few seconds I snapped out of it and realized it was the television and felt stupid.

I snap out of it after a few seconds, and then I realize what it is that I'm really looking at.

Why does that happen to me?

Answer 1

Its quite simple. Your dreams or thoughts are clearly visible to you in the nights (thats while sleeping) and that too in a large dense manner. You see dream as you are alive :-)

The remains of the dream still haunts for few minutes after you are awake. Thats the problem, nothing else. :-)

You belong deeply in to your imaginations. Try to write down things if you think I am not teasing or making fun of you.  

Answer 2

You have a vivid imagination, are you an artist?

Answer 3

it's a good thing that you dont freak out, it's not a sickness or anything, it's a psychological thing that very few people have...apparently u'r a very unique person,

wanna go out???...haha

Answer 4

same exact thing happens to me...it happens when you wake quickly and your mind is still in dream mode and you tend to project what comes into ur mind or thoughts and it fades out after a bit...i hate the sh*t, i see disturbing things since i've gotten so used to my nightmares...if u ever get used to horror or things that are supposed to scare u...expect bad things lol

Answer 5

I think I'd ask the same question.. are you an artist? 'coz your imagination is very broad.. or maybe you're just paranoid to the things around you.. well my professor in psychology told us never to diagnose people but if this problem persist maybe you're developing manifestations of a schizophrenic person and that is most definitely NOT a very good sign.. i'm sorry for diagnosing you so quickly.. its just the first thing that came up in my mind.. peace! V! ^_^

Answer 6

its obvious that when we wake up colors are not clear and because of your wide imagination you look at things which are not true.

if your chair is Little blunt and dark color

Answer 7

You lack control over your subconcious.