A quantum mechanical explanation for auditory-visual hallucinations

• Hallucinations are caused by the Many-Worlds Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics. • This means individuals can experience other realities. • Furthermore, it means that hallucinations are neither social or biological, but both. • Finally, this may help us treat or help individuals who have hallucinations. Auditory-visual hallucinations might be caused by Quantum Mechanics. The Many-Worlds Interpretation suggests those who have hallucinations might be experiencing alternate realities due to the unique nature of the quantum. Hallucinations, in part to their quantum nature, are neither biological or social-environmental. On the other hand, the scholarship on the origin of Auditory-Visual Hallucinations usually focuses on either the biological or the social-environmental. There is a range of evidence to suggest that quantum mechanics operates in the brain, like EEGs and the nature of mental states, but the social dynamic is introduced via the Many-Worlds Interpretation. The hypothesis that hallucinations are the result of the Many-Worlds Interpretation is reached through a consideration of quantum biology, optics and acoustics. The proposed hypothesis allows us to consider potential therapeutic and medical benefits of the theory, potentially improving the lives of patients via potential technologies or through reducing the trivialisation of their experiences.