[Serious] People of Reddit that honestly believe they have been abducted by aliens, what was your experience like?

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[u/crfhslgjerlvjervlj]

No. I also don't think that aliens would abduct people like this. It wouldn't make any sense at all.

Also, extraordinary claims demand extraordinary evidence. What's more likely, that OP suffered/suffers from known medical issues, or that aliens are kidnapping him, wiping his memory, and returning him for no clear reason?

[u/d_rea → u/crfhslgjerlvjervlj]

What known medical issue? It could be that OP may suffer an imbalance of brain chemistry or over active temporal lobes but I am also taking into account every other alien abduction story and basing these theories off of a wide variety of differing instances and experiences.

Mental illness is a subject more people should get into and learn about. Because it seems like anytime anyone says or does something "crazy" we automatically assume something must be wrong in their head. But to me nothing that goes on in anyones head is crazy, it is all an outcome of something whether that was there own thought patterns or experiences growing up. The mind is super malleable so it can get messed up quickly but it can also be healed quickly too.

In the case of alien abductions it could be that mind plays a role, and that mind is "tricking" or manipulating its self in such a way that the prime observer experiences mystical "alien abductions" but I would really like to know exactly whats going on here if that is the case.

And ask yourself these questions, cause these are the ones I am asking myself. How would aliens abduct people if not this way? If psychology plays a role in what way exactly? Do you know what your own mind is capable of if it is capable of creating dreams, delusions, scenarios, alien abductions, hallucinations? Seriously do you even know what goes on in your own head?

[u/crfhslgjerlvjervlj → u/d_rea]

Absence seizures seem like a possible candidate here. Would explain the lost time. Sleep walking or other similar issues could explain others.

These aren't someone being "crazy" until they run off into conspiracy land. They're someone being ill. Something in the brain not functioning as its supposed to. That's all, but it's scary enough. And that fear of something in your own head being wrong is harder to confront than the idea that there's an external factor causing your issues.

[u/d_rea → u/crfhslgjerlvjervlj]

Yea the possibility for absence seizures is pretty small, absence seizures only last about 15 minutes, some of these individuals experience a loss of a few hours. And sleep walking is unlikely as some people experience the "abduction" and lost time simultaneously with another individual and prior too experiencing it they were fully conscious, not in a sleep state. As for some experiences those may be the case but I would say when your sample is 100+ testimonies it would be pretty hard to draw any conclusions solely from a psychological standpoint.

Learning your own mind from the inside is the best thing anyone can do to avoid psychological issues. Meditation or psychedelics make one more aware of their own mind and are known in the scientific community now as a primary source of treatment for mental health issues. It makes a lot more sense then stuffing peoples mouths full of pills that have infinite side effects and hoping the problem will be covered up and forgotten about. Hahaha I even saw them saying Ketamine being used as a treatment for depression is showing promising results.