Thread: Can someone clear this up for me? about hypnagogic stuff..

Originally Posted by SomeDreamer

Actually I think there's two sides of this.

Ever heard about the old hag syndrome? If not you can quickly look it up through google, but here you certainly do have chances of "seeing" a dark shadowly figure with your eyes open.

Gah, I have a love/hate relationship with that syndrome. It's only happened once, but now that you mention it, I'm not sure if I had my eyes open or not.

Gah, I have a love/hate relationship with that syndrome. It's only happened once, but now that you mention it, I'm not sure if I had my eyes open or not.

Luckily for me I haven't experienced it yet. What a horrible experience it must be :/ The only thing I've had happened to me during an attempt at WILD was a quick feeling of an evil presence before I slipped into a dream. About having your eyes open or not, I think that may be subjective Because I'm almost certain that the old hag syndrome can happen when you're awake, but your body is still in a SP state.

How is this old hag thing different than a bad SP experience? I have personally heard people in the room that weren't really there. People say that they have the "cannot breathe" sensation during SP. So combine those and you get old hag. And in terms of the evilness of it, If I couldn't breathe I would have a sense of doom also.