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He said that although he was hallucinating and having dreams, his brain was "rewired" and logged the hallucinations in what he described as "the wrong filing cabinet".

From BBC • Aug. 11, 2022

According to Bennett’s report, Lofton had become paranoid and was hallucinating.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 22, 2022

“It was horrific. I was hallucinating in the cargo hold because I couldn’t breathe properly,” said Robson.

From Washington Post • Apr. 16, 2021

Here he is paying homage to Cherry Jones in the 1995 Broadway revival of “The Heiress,” a rave so lush that Jones later told Playbill she thought she was hallucinating when she read it:

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 23, 2019

But everyone thought I was hallucinating in thinking I could become a professional tennis player, let alone get to America.

From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane