Auditory hallucinations are the most common type of hallucination. These are sensory experiences of hearing sounds that are not present in reality. Common auditory hallucinations exeperienced are music, footsteps, banging, and voices - often commanding the person experiencing the hallucination to do something.
Visual hallucinations are sensory experiences in which a person sees things that are not real such as objects, shapes, people, animals, and lights.
Tactile hallunications are the sensory experience of feeling something on your body that isn't real such as being touched by someone or something, bugs crawling on your skin, or organs moving around in your body.
Olfactory hallucinations are sensory experiences of a smell that is not present in reality. Common smells associated with this hallucination are burning rubber, cigarette smoke, metallic smell, rotting smell, or sewage smell.
Gustatory hallucinations are the sensory experiences of tasting something that doesn't exist in reality and are often unpleasant. Common tastes by people who experience this hallucination are e metallic, salty, bitter or rust tastes.
Presence hallucinations are the feeling that someone is watching you or is with you when there is no one there in reality.
Propriceptive hallucinations are the feeling that your body is moving, flying or floating when it actually isn't.
Hypnopompic hallucinations are common and usually a normal experience, but may be more common with sleep disorders. This is when you experience vivid dream-like experiences that occur when waking up from sleep.
Hypnagogic hallucinations are another common and normal hallucination that is experienced in the transition from being awake to going to sleep. This hallucination can involve any of the senses, are often dream-like and are brief, lasting a couple seconds or minutes. These are especially common with people who experience anxiety, stress, sleep deprivation, or take certain medications.