Most intense auditory hallucinations, last night...

**Oneironaut Zero** · 09-08-2010 12:13 AM

*Dunno if this should be in Sleep and Health or General Dream Discussion, but here goes...*

Last night, I'd fallen asleep for about 3 hours, and woke up, spontaneously. After being up for a while, I decided to try a WBTB. I slipped into a dream, but was woken up again, after a few seconds, just as I could feel myself starting to gain lucidity. I shifted positions, now laying on my side and facing my wall, and tried to drift off again.

It wasn't long before I began getting auditory hallucinations, and they were more potent than any that I'd ever had in my life. I lay there, motionless, listening to what sounded like a room full of people chattering behind me. I could hear both men and women conversing, but couldn't really make out any of the dialogue. It clearly sounded like there were 30+ people in my room. I knew this couldn't be the case, though. These were just hypnagogic sounds. But I couldn't get over how clear they were. They weren't faint wisps of noises, or a series of brief bangs or claps. It was a full-on din of a bustling crowd. I knew that I was still awake, even though I had my eyes closed, and I could feel the vibrations of sleep paralysis, mixing in with the tingling rush of adrenaline that I was getting from the intense notion that I was not alone. I tried to ignore the sounds and just ride out the transitional stage. It was tough, because I kept wanting to lift my head and look around the room, but I didn't want to mess up any chance I had at a WILD, so I tried to keep myself calm, and under the realization that these were just hallucinations and they would pass. That was when I felt someone place their hands down upon my back.

This startled the hell out of me, and I opened my eyes. I was staring at my wall, which was a few inches away from my face. I could see the soft blue light from my TV, but had no peripheral vision. Amazingly (and confusingly), though, I was still hearing the chattering crowd behind me - though the feeling of the hands on my back instantly went away. My eyes were open, and I was now unmistakably awake - but, by all auditory input, I was still in a room full of people. My instinct was to turn around, but I didn't want to. Part of me didn't want to succumb to fear and check for something I knew wasn't really there, and the rest of me was actually afraid of what I might see, if I turned around.

So I lay there, staring at the wall, trying to figure out how to either beat this thing or roll with it. It was bothering the hell out of me, though. I set in my mind that - awake or not - if these were hallucinations, then I should be able to influence them, somehow. I was afraid of these hallucinations taking a turn for something more nightmarish, so I tried to counter-act it with something much more pleasurable - namely: sex. I imagined that the undecipherable chatter was now a room full of people having sex, creating the appropriate noises in my mind. Sure enough, the sounds instantly changed to match my influence and it soon sounded like there was a massive orgy going on, behind me. However, I still knew that I was awake, with my eyes open, and the sounds were still as clear as if I could reach my hand behind me and tap some random person. It was all too real, and I was starting to wonder if I really was awake or not.

I shifted my eyes along the wall, and just barely moved my head - gaining just a bit more periphery. What really messed me up was that, the more I did this, the more it seemed like the TV was casting shadows of unknown people on my wall, and the more I inched my eyes toward the rest of the room, the more the shadows seemed to slink off into the corners of my eyes, as if they were "trying not to be seen." Even though they were just out of my field of view, I could definitely see that there was someone(s) there, that they knew I was trying to get a clear look at them, and that they didn't want me to.

Finally, having been too creeped-out for comfort, I gently lifted my head and turned all the way around. I was staring at an empty room. In that instance, all of the sounds and fragmented visions had vanished. I was alone, as I knew all along, and cursed myself at letting the fear get the best of me. Not quite ready to trying going back to sleep yet, I got up again and came to the computer for a little while, then finally got comfortable enough to go back to bed.

Of course, I had a chain of nightmares, after I drifted back off to sleep. Fun.

But damn, that was some creepy shit. I've been LDing for a long time now, but I've only had very few experiences with SP and/or hypnagogia. This isn't the first time I've been fully awake and had residual dream audio/visuals for a few moments, but this was easily the most intense. I find myself, now, with a lot more sympathy toward those people who easily experience "Old Hag", and the like. Ugh. Makes my skin crawl.

Anyway, just thought I'd share...

**TracyN** · 09-11-2010 05:32 AM

I have had the same thing happen to me several times. It's creepy. One of the most frightening things I ever experienced was the sense of a presence breathing down my neck. I could feel the warmth of the breath on my neck and for an instant was even enjoying it until I heard the demonic sounding voice that followed. It truly felt like someone was right up against my neck and if I didn't know better I'd say I was being attacked by a demon. It seemed like an eternity before I could wake myself up. I have also had the experience of being "extracted" from my body by anomalous beings. I saw two shadow beings appear at the foot of my bed. It looked like they were in some kind of tunnel or something. At the same time it felt like my essence was being pulled out of my body as if someone were above me applying suction. It was a very physically painful experience. I know it wasn't UFO's but I can see how alleged UFO abductees might mistake SP for abductions. :-)

**Oneironaut Zero** · 09-11-2010 01:52 PM

Hey, TracyN.

Yeah, I could definitely see how such experiences could explain for alien abduction stories (not to mention ghost/spirit encounters). The feeling of not being alone is just so completely intense. I've always been afraid of having an experience like you just talked about, with the demonic voice and breath right behind you. That's just....ugh...

That would scare the hell out of me. Lol. I would probably have to forget about sleeping, for the rest of the night. Lol.

**SilverDreams** · 09-16-2010 11:41 AM

Woah. These Hallucinations sound especially Creepy. Hahaha You made your mind think of a whole room of people having sex. I feel sorry for you, Oneironaut. I wish you luck, as i cannot help because i havent experienced anything like this.

**Oneironaut Zero** · 09-16-2010 12:36 PM

Haha. It's cool, man. It was creepy as shit, though. And I keep looking back on the whole 'orgy-sound' thing, and laughing. It actually pretty damn funny. It was just the easiest way I could think of, to try to manipulate the voices.

**Puffin** · 09-16-2010 06:15 PM

Originally Posted by TracyN

I have had the same thing happen to me several times. It's creepy. One of the most frightening things I ever experienced was the sense of a presence breathing down my neck. I could feel the warmth of the breath on my neck and for an instant was even enjoying it until I heard the demonic sounding voice that followed. It truly felt like someone was right up against my neck and if I didn't know better I'd say I was being attacked by a demon. It seemed like an eternity before I could wake myself up. I have also had the experience of being "extracted" from my body by anomalous beings. I saw two shadow beings appear at the foot of my bed. It looked like they were in some kind of tunnel or something. At the same time it felt like my essence was being pulled out of my body as if someone were above me applying suction. It was a very physically painful experience. I know it wasn't UFO's but I can see how alleged UFO abductees might mistake SP for abductions. :-)

I've had a similar experience, by means of feeling someone lying on the bed behind me and whispering "you're going to die" into my ear. Very terrifying, and at the time I didn't know what sleep paralysis was! And it was also accompanied by intense, realistic pain.

**reckoner** · 09-16-2010 10:32 PM

Wow these are some scary hallucinations, lol. It also happens quite often to me that I "feel" someone being in the room and can't fall asleep for some time because I'm too afraid to either drift off or look at the intruder and have certainty

. Sometimes I even think I see them, while in fact they are just something different (I wear glasses, so I don't see well in bed) like the guitar case leaning against the wall or a strange pattern of shadows somewhere in the room. Auditory hallucinations are just so real too when they happen, but I think I only experienced them when I consciously went for SPs.

**Krinks** · 09-17-2010 09:01 AM

My hypnagogic hallucinations don't get like that. That's some creepy stuff! Typically, I'll be drifting off to sleep and hear a loud BANG, as if a gunshot has gone off inside my skull. Usually it's accompanied by split second image of a black and white zig zag pattern like this, but running diagonally:

The strangest one I've had was just a few weeks ago when I heard a woman's voice shouting. It was slightly muffled, as if there was an auditory fog between myself and the voice, but it was very clear. She was was extremely angry and shouted, "YOU STARTED THE SHOOTOUT AND YOU KNOW IT!"

As always, it woke me up, but I thought about it afterward and had to kind of smile. What would my brain be doing accusing me of starting a shootout? It's been a couple of years since I fired a gun!

Having done some research since then, I know what it was, along with the gunshot sounds and patterns in my head. My question is how do I keep myself from waking up from these hallucinations? I'd love to take the opportunity to turn these occurrences into a lucid dream.

**Rissalecki** · 11-06-2010 07:16 PM

thats some intense hypnagogia. generally mine is people chattering or yelling obscure things, sometimes things said pop out of no where so it is frightening at times.

**LucidInvader** · 11-07-2010 02:32 AM

Why the fuck is everybody's SP so frighting? I really should have not brought this laptop to bed and then read this thread Now im not going to be able to stay awake and this is gonna be on my mind just Great

But really why the *heck does everyone's experince with SP gotta be like this? Maybe its to warn you your gonna have a nightmare

**NrElAx** · 11-07-2010 02:56 AM

This morning I went into sp multiple time and everytime I heard two full rock songs. One was a classic rock song and the other was something newer. Its happened to me before to, and its something enjoyable at least instead of hearing scary ass stuff like I heard a few nights ago. I can't help but freak out everytime I hear scary stuff during sp.

**Oneironaut Zero** · 11-07-2010 03:46 PM

Originally Posted by reckoner

Wow these are some scary hallucinations, lol. It also happens quite often to me that I "feel" someone being in the room and can't fall asleep for some time because I'm too afraid to either drift off or look at the intruder and have certainty

. Sometimes I even think I see them, while in fact they are just something different (I wear glasses, so I don't see well in bed) like the guitar case leaning against the wall or a strange pattern of shadows somewhere in the room. Auditory hallucinations are just so real too when they happen, but I think I only experienced them when I consciously went for SPs.

Yeah, I can imagine that having to wear glasses, and not being able to see clearly at night, can be kind of jarring, if you get the feeling of someone being in your room, but can't really see well enough to be certain.

Originally Posted by Krinks

The strangest one I've had was just a few weeks ago when I heard a woman's voice shouting. It was slightly muffled, as if there was an auditory fog between myself and the voice, but it was very clear. She was was extremely angry and shouted, "YOU STARTED THE SHOOTOUT AND YOU KNOW IT!"

As always, it woke me up, but I thought about it afterward and had to kind of smile. What would my brain be doing accusing me of starting a shootout? It's been a couple of years since I fired a gun!

Having done some research since then, I know what it was, along with the gunshot sounds and patterns in my head. My question is how do I keep myself from waking up from these hallucinations? I'd love to take the opportunity to turn these occurrences into a lucid dream.

LOL @ that random accusation by the angry woman.

Yeah, I'm not sure how one would be able to stay asleep (or at the onset of sleep) after something like that, though. Stuff like that makes me want to get up and check every dark corner of the house. Lol.

Originally Posted by Rissalecki

thats some intense hypnagogia. generally mine is people chattering or yelling obscure things, sometimes things said pop out of no where so it is frightening at times.

And I hate the anxiety of knowing that sudden, frightening hypnagogia is so common. It's almost like a self-fulfilling prophecy. You try not to think about it, which makes you think about it, which makes it happen.

Originally Posted by LucidInvader

Why the fuck is everybody's SP so frighting? I really should have not brought this laptop to bed and then read this thread Now im not going to be able to stay awake and this is gonna be on my mind just Great

But really why the *heck does everyone's experince with SP gotta be like this? Maybe its to warn you your gonna have a nightmare

Haha. Sorry, LucidInvader. Hope I didn't give you any nightmares!

Actually, my very first remembered experience with SP (since I got back into lucid dreaming) was very pleasant. I'd had a dream that I was lying in bed with an old friend of mine, whom I'd had a huge crush on. When I woke up, I was still in SP. Instead of getting the infamous Old Hag, though, I felt the arm of the chick I was dreaming about, still draped around my chest and weighing me down. Loved it!

Originally Posted by NrElAx

This morning I went into sp multiple time and everytime I heard two full rock songs. One was a classic rock song and the other was something newer. Its happened to me before to, and its something enjoyable at least instead of hearing scary ass stuff like I heard a few nights ago. I can't help but freak out everytime I hear scary stuff during sp.

Yup, same here. I hate it. I also tend to get the kind of hypnopompia that stays with you for a few minutes, after waking up. Once I woke up from a dream where a bunch of goons were hanging around outside my bedroom window, planning to rush in and attack me. After I woke up, I sat up in bed for a good 30 seconds to a minute, and was still hearing them talking outside my window. I had my eyes open and everything. I waited until the sound went away and then finally got up to come to the computer and put some notes in my journal.

That's always freaky.

**RooJ** · 11-07-2010 04:44 PM

Thanks for sharing this fascinating account, im kinda jealous

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Ive just started re-focussing on this subject so for the next few weeks i should be experimenting with hypnogogia and playing on the borders of sleep. Call me crazy but with any luck ill be able to share similar experiences.

**Oneironaut Zero** · 11-07-2010 05:02 PM

Nice! Good luck with that, then, and keep us posted!

**greenhavoc** · 11-07-2010 06:24 PM

Originally Posted by Krinks

My question is how do I keep myself from waking up from these hallucinations? I'd love to take the opportunity to turn these occurrences into a lucid dream.

I lightly ball my fist when that happens. I personally don't like the experience, but I'm just as curious as the next person I suppose. It is very strange, and at times disappointing to have control over that particuliar hallucination. On the one hand I enjoy the trip but on the other I'm let down because I realize it's all in my head. Sometimes it backfires though and I just end up someplace I really shouldn't be - so yeah, I can do without.

**Sweet Dreams** · 01-04-2011 10:39 AM

Oneironaut, did someone ever tell you that you should write a book??? lol I felt all the suspense and shock. Freaky stuff there.

Lately I've been having some odd hypnopompic things going on, I'm noticing they last a few seconds longer than usual, about 5 or 10 seconds after opening my eyes. The last one I remember I woke up in daylight and my eyes opened in direct view of an angry Japanese woman's face staring right at me! She looked criminal like she was going to kill me. Disturbing because when she disappeared it was only my towel on the chair lol then she started to appear again, I shook my head hard to make it go away because the towel began to change and I kept trying to see the original towel and not the face. Phew! But then I just got up and got rid of the darn towel lol.

**nina** · 01-04-2011 02:09 PM

Definitely experienced all of the hallucinations mentioned in this thread.

Just wait till the Succubi start in on you. That's a real treat. Though I'd take demon sex over shadow figures, monsters in the closet, and aliens any day.

**Oneironaut Zero** · 01-04-2011 06:29 PM

Originally Posted by Sweet Dreams

Oneironaut, did someone ever tell you that you should write a book??? lol I felt all the suspense and shock. Freaky stuff there.

Hehe. Thanks, Sweet Dreams. I've actually gotten similar comments about my dream journal. I plan on doing something creative with it (either editing and trying to publish it, with some original artwork, or writing some short stories based on my dreams), but I haven't quite decided on what yet. Thank you very much, for the compliment, though!

Originally Posted by Sweet Dreams

Lately I've been having some odd hypnopompic things going on, I'm noticing they last a few seconds longer than usual, about 5 or 10 seconds after opening my eyes. The last one I remember I woke up in daylight and my eyes opened in direct view of an angry Japanese woman's face staring right at me! She looked criminal like she was going to kill me. Disturbing because when she disappeared it was only my towel on the chair lol then she started to appear again, I shook my head hard to make it go away because the towel began to change and I kept trying to see the original towel and not the face. Phew! But then I just got up and got rid of the darn towel lol.

It's the idea of stuff like that, which scares me the most. Luckily, I haven't woken up to the sight of anyone staring at me (knock on wood), but I've had a few bouts with "residual imagery/sounds." It was a lot worse, when I was little. Sometimes I would wake up like 10 seconds before the alarm went off, and I would still be only "halfway out" of the dream that I was having. Then, when the alarm would go off, it would be like the whole world would just go nuts. The sound would be deafening, and my vision would swirl and turn upside down and stuff, as if I had vertigo. Many times, I would literally be unable to get out of bed and turn off my alarm, because it was such an intense assault to my senses that I could do nothing but curl into a ball with my eyes shut and my hands over my ears, until the sensation went away and I felt "normal" enough to get out of bed.

About a year ago, I had a dream that some psycho 'friend' was cutting himself in my room and tried to get me to see how 'good' it felt, so he started trying to attack me with the knife. We fought and I dragged him outside and locked him out. Then, in the dream, I went to bed and woke up in the middle of the night. I could hear the guy outside my window, and he was talking to a bunch of his friends about trying to break in and 'get' me. It was here that I actually woke up. I could still hear them chattering outside my window, though! I sat up in bed, completely aware that I was fully awake, but I could still hear them. I had to keep telling myself that I was awake, and it would pass. After a good 20 seconds or so, it did. The first thing I did, when I got out of bed, was check my window. My PC is set up right beside it, so while I was writing in my journal, I kept looking over to it, halfway expecting to catch wind of them talking about me again. It was only like 4am, but I don't think I went back to sleep after that.

Originally Posted by Aquanina

Just wait till the Succubi start in on you. That's a real treat. Though I'd take demon sex over shadow figures, monsters in the closet, and aliens any day.

Hey, if they're cute....

Lol. I'm glad I don't have many of those types of experiences, though. I have enough nightmares of my own to try not to worry about. I don't need to add anymore unpleasant awakenings to the list. Heh.

**Kinetic** · 01-04-2011 06:47 PM

This is starting to get a little scary xD

**Oneironaut Zero** · 01-04-2011 07:01 PM

Originally Posted by Kinetic

This is starting to get a little scary xD

Lol.

*In creepy voice*: Welcome to Dream Views, Kinetic...Enjoy your sttaaaaaaaaaayyyy!! MWuahhauhuahahuah!!

**Sweet Dreams** · 01-13-2011 12:00 PM

Originally Posted by Oneironaut

Hehe. Thanks, Sweet Dreams. I've actually gotten similar comments about my dream journal. I plan on doing something creative with it (either editing and trying to publish it, with some original artwork, or writing some short stories based on my dreams), but I haven't quite decided on what yet. Thank you very much, for the compliment, though!

It's the idea of stuff like that, which scares me the most. Luckily, I haven't woken up to the sight of anyone staring at me (knock on wood), but I've had a few bouts with "residual imagery/sounds." It was a lot worse, when I was little. Sometimes I would wake up like 10 seconds before the alarm went off, and I would still be only "halfway out" of the dream that I was having. Then, when the alarm would go off, it would be like the whole world would just go nuts. The sound would be deafening, and my vision would swirl and turn upside down and stuff, as if I had vertigo. Many times, I would literally be unable to get out of bed and turn off my alarm, because it was such an intense assault to my senses that I could do nothing but curl into a ball with my eyes shut and my hands over my ears, until the sensation went away and I felt "normal" enough to get out of bed.

About a year ago, I had a dream that some psycho 'friend' was cutting himself in my room and tried to get me to see how 'good' it felt, so he started trying to attack me with the knife. We fought and I dragged him outside and locked him out. Then, in the dream, I went to bed and woke up in the middle of the night. I could hear the guy outside my window, and he was talking to a bunch of his friends about trying to break in and 'get' me. It was here that I actually woke up. I could still hear them chattering outside my window, though! I sat up in bed, completely aware that I was fully awake, but I could still hear them. I had to keep telling myself that I was awake, and it would pass. After a good 20 seconds or so, it did. The first thing I did, when I got out of bed, was check my window. My PC is set up right beside it, so while I was writing in my journal, I kept looking over to it, halfway expecting to catch wind of them talking about me again. It was only like 4am, but I don't think I went back to sleep after that.

That last bit about your psycho friend was a little bit of dark comedy for me, the scenario is ironically humorous somehow but scary as HELL.

With my experiences, my dreams and psychological freak-outs only happened when I was an emotional wreck and was already delusional

but they only lasted a few seconds.

Hearing things as vividly and as long as you do from dream residue, now that would give my awakenings a kick--especially from the non-nightmarish dreams.

**rubies3** · 01-17-2011 01:16 AM

WOW, y'all people have SCARY as shit hallucinations. Usually the worst of mine is waking up with a jolt out of a half-sleep to a friend shouting my name. I thought I was crazy at first but then I found this site ;D I've only had one case of SP, and I was still stuck in the plot of my dream. I had been dreaming I was kidnapped, so I thought me not being able to move was a side effect of me being drugged by my kidnapper. I was trying to turn my head to find my little sister, who had been kidnapped too. it lasted about three minutes of agony of not knowing if my sister was okay before my periphial vision was returned and suddenly I could move. it scared the crap out of me!

**Costello** · 01-20-2011 12:30 AM

This reminds me of when I got up and started walking around I could still hear someone stood next to me talking into my ear, repeating my name, for about 2 minutes.

'Niall. Niall. Niall. Niall. Niall. Niall. Niall.'

Creepiest experience of my life..

**rubies3** · 01-20-2011 03:16 AM

ew thats really creepy o.o

**Oneironaut Zero** · 01-20-2011 04:35 AM

Originally Posted by Sweet Dreams

That last bit about your psycho friend was a little bit of dark comedy for me, the scenario is ironically humorous somehow but scary as HELL.

LOL. Yeah. After I got over the uneasiness of the dream, I was just kinda left like "....WTF??" That dream was crazy as hell. Lol."

Originally Posted by rubies3

WOW, y'all people have SCARY as shit hallucinations. Usually the worst of mine is waking up with a jolt out of a half-sleep to a friend shouting my name. I thought I was crazy at first but then I found this site ;D I've only had one case of SP, and I was still stuck in the plot of my dream. I had been dreaming I was kidnapped, so I thought me not being able to move was a side effect of me being drugged by my kidnapper. I was trying to turn my head to find my little sister, who had been kidnapped too. it lasted about three minutes of agony of not knowing if my sister was okay before my periphial vision was returned and suddenly I could move. it scared the crap out of me!

That sounds horrible. I haven't had very many experiences with SP. My first one (that I remember) was actually really nice. Had dreamed that a friend I had a huge crush on was laying in my bed, pressed up against my back with her body draped over me. When I woke up, I was in sleep paralysis, and it simply felt like she was still laying with her body weight on me.

Originally Posted by Costello

This reminds me of when I got up and started walking around I could still hear someone stood next to me talking into my ear, repeating my name, for about 2 minutes.

'Niall. Niall. Niall. Niall. Niall. Niall. Niall.'

Creepiest experience of my life..

Damn. That IS really creepy.