HH

HH
Hypnagogic or Hypnopompic Hallucinations
This is closely related to Sleep Paralysis. When a person wakes up with Sleep Paralysis, it is sometimes accompanied by Hypnopompic Hallucinations. An example hallucination would be sensing an "presence" in the room. It is not an uncommon thing, with 30 to 40 percent of all people experiencing it in their lives.

I have some questions about what HH is.

First, is 'Sleep Paralysis' when you are paralyzed inside a dream? or just after waking?

I've had multiple occasions where i wake up, not able to move, and i think somebody is in my room. I think that is the 'presence in the room' thing. And im not able to move until im calmed down enough, and i've waited a period of time, to assure myself that if there was somebody in my room, they would've made a noise or moved by now, and that nobody is in my room. After that i can roll over and continue sleeping.

In my case HH is visual and hearing hallucinations. It occurs to me when I falling asleep while trying to maintain consciousness (eg. by listening to music or expecting HH). At beginning of HH, I see just flashes of images. As falling asleep goes on, these flashes develop into vivid moving scenes (like being in dream), sometimes accompanied by sounds (buzzing, beeping, music) raising at volume.
HH can be used to enter into a dream.

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First, is 'Sleep Paralysis' when you are paralyzed inside a dream? or just after waking?[/b]

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Sleep paralysis (SP) is when you wake up and are unable to move.

See also these topics on Wikipedia:
HH - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypnagogic_hallucination
SP - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sleep_Paralysis

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Originally posted by Torrent
[i]First, is 'Sleep Paralysis' when you are paralyzed inside a dream? or just after waking?

I've had multiple occasions where i wake up, not able to move, and i think somebody is in my room. I think that is the 'presence in the room' thing. And im not able to move until im calmed down enough, and i've waited a period of time, to assure myself that if there was somebody in my room, they would've made a noise or moved by now, and that nobody is in my room. After that i can roll over and continue sleeping.

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Hello Torrent.
I assume you have excerpted that from the Acronym list. I tried to summarize a little.
There are so many variations of conscious levels I felt it hard to do otherwise.
Anyway.
It is natural and befitting to be frightened when you wake up and can't move. So most often the SCARE is soon to follow. They do not have to be associated.
Many accounts of SP are a feeling of someone or something being in the room. This is derived from the lack of control and being scared. You yourself said when you CALM down that the SP was lifted.
True SP you are in a conscious state. The Body tells your motor functions NOT to allow them to react during your sleep stage. This protects you from flailing around and actually acting out your dream movements. Sometimes when we wake up our brain is slow to get this message across. As a result, paralysis.
HH Are often from an inbetween stage of awake and asleep. Much like HI. They are more often Going to and form sleep cycles as opposed to the onset of sleep like HI though.
I hope this has helped.

Yes that helped a great deal, thanks a lot!

But what you said before about how your brain tells your motor functions not to act out the dream motions, i remember once i was dreaming, and i did something in the dream, like swing my arms out to stop me from falling on my face, and in real life, my whole body jumped and shifted, and woke me up. That seems like there was a breach in the dream/reality barrier.

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Originally posted by Torrent
Yes that helped a great deal, thanks a lot!

But what you said before about how your brain tells your motor functions not to act out the dream motions, i remember once i was dreaming, and i did something in the dream, like swing my arms out to stop me from falling on my face, and in real life, *my whole body jumped and shifted, and woke me up. *That seems like there was a breach in the dream/reality barrier.

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There is no doubt that there are times that these affects happen to all off us.
If it worked to perfection I don't think SP would exist. So there is inevitably other reactions to occur.