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by nanidin 1189 days ago
The term used by people that seek these things out appears to be “visual effects”[0] and it apparently includes any sort of change in visual perception. I have never come across the term pseudo-hallucination to describe these phenomena before this comment.

[0] https://psychonautwiki.org/wiki/Visual_effects

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> I have never come across the term pseudo-hallucination to describe these phenomena before this comment.

Must not exist then.[1]

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pseudohallucination

From the linked page: “The term is not widely used in the psychiatric and medical fields, as it is considered ambiguous.”
lmao he just pseudo-shot his own foot.