‘I looked up and saw a tiger in my doorway. I thought I had dementia’ The condition that creates terrifying hallucinatons
More than a million people suffer from extreme visual hallucinations. Here Judith Potts, whose mother
was tormented by it, reports on Charles Bonnet Syndrome.
When Cathy Haigh started seeing elephants and tigers in her bathroom she thought she was suffering from dementia.
But it was in fact a condition called Charles Bonnet Syndrome.
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Hide AdIn the UK, there are more than one million people of all ages – children are not exempt – whose diminished or lost sight has opened the way for Charles Bonnet Syndrome (CBS) to develop. This condition creates vivid, silent, visual hallucinations which range from disturbing to terrifying – but it is not a mental health issue.