I remember me as a kid asking my parents what these coloured patterns are, when I close my eyes.
I can also hear some sort of half-auditive hallucinations, after a day I've heard a lot of people talk. I close my eyes and bring my mind in a sort of receiving state, hard to describe, but then I hear a lot of random gibberish talking in my mind.
I can also 'feel' my body move while lying in bed after I did some repitive activity which had been very hard on my equilibrium senses - a ride in a rollercoaster, skiing.
I've always known that I see form of static when I close my eyes, or when light intensity in a room is not so high.
All of these things before I used any kind of drug.
I think HPPD in some cases may indeedly be about being extra observant for things, you never really noticed before. And you attribute them to the drugs you've taken - because this is the first time you saw these things intensely.
Of course I do believe some people might have developed some 'error' in their brain, which may do cause abnormal amplifying. I can never know how it is for other people, since I can not see through their eyes, using their brain.
But if you're only seeing static? HPPD?
Couldn't have put it better myself (though I might have put it just like that not too long ago
Anyway, totally agree.
