diff --git a/code/modules/power/supermatter/supermatter_delamination/delamination_effects.dm b/code/modules/power/supermatter/supermatter_delamination/delamination_effects.dm
index a4360d184eb..796a8345fb9 100644
--- a/code/modules/power/supermatter/supermatter_delamination/delamination_effects.dm
+++ b/code/modules/power/supermatter/supermatter_delamination/delamination_effects.dm
@@ -27,7 +27,8 @@
 			continue
 
 		//Hilariously enough, running into a closet should make you get hit the hardest.
-		var/hallucination_amount = max(100 SECONDS, min(600 SECONDS, DETONATION_HALLUCINATION * sqrt(1 / (get_dist(victim, sm) + 1))))
+		//duration between min and max, calculated by distance from the supermatter and size of the delam explosion
+		var/hallucination_amount = LERP(DETONATION_HALLUCINATION_MIN, DETONATION_HALLUCINATION_MAX, 1 - get_dist(victim, sm) / 128) * LERP(0.75, 1.25, calculate_explosion(sm) * 0.5 / DELAM_MAX_DEVASTATION)
 		victim.adjust_hallucinations(hallucination_amount)
 
 	for(var/mob/victim as anything in GLOB.player_list)