Thread: Hypnagogic Imagery & Sound

I have seen this for most of my life and it has somewhat intensified with age.

I would like to know what others experience because it happens to me EVERY SINGLE NIGHT without fail for at least the last 10-15 years. It doesn't mean I fall into dream, but I see it nonetheless. And it can start quickly or take a few minutes to an hour to come on. I feel 100% conscious when it happens.

I usually see waves of color, but usually dim in the darkness, and frequently there is a sine wave-like flow to the intensity of the color and value. For the most part it is not bright, but there are always trails left behind and it will brighten at times and then get darker again. Sometimes a single bright dot will appear and then vanish, I call them brain pixels.

When I see these colors, they always sweep past at angles, never perfect 90º. The waves frequently curve randomly in large sweeps, but fluidly and only once, recently, did they appear in a vivid spiral motion.

I usually do not see images of recognizable shapes or objects. On occasion I have seen strange faces, or during this it peel open briefly into an image or I will just start dreaming. usually as the imagery intensifies I see more complex shapes fade in and fade out amidst the colors, but nothing too solid and identifiable.

I frequently feel "heavier" when this happens, and paralysis often sets in, but not uncontrollable paralysis. I can easily move if I choose to, but I don't because it feels comfortable, weightless, or interestingly numb and I'm busy enjoying the light show

I have felt intense vibrations before which were somewhat frightening and made me jump. I read that can happen when people are on the verge of astral projection. It was a sudden, intense, high-frequency vibration that seemed to be in my entire body.

I also have started hearing audio during this period, almost every night now, and even if I'm falling asleep at any time and don't see the imagery I hear the sounds. I hear voices whispering to me that come in waves and brief snippets that rise in volume and then usually cut off. the way they come in always sounds like when you hear sound played in reverse and they are always addressing me by name or indirectly. it is not like I'm hearing a conversation, the words are directed toward me.

Anyway, just thought I'd share because no one else I know can relate to these experiences.

Thanks

LS