Thread: Hypnagogic Hallucinations?

I read up on "Hypnagogic Hallucinations" and it sounds pretty similar to what I have experiences many times. Sometimes in the middle of the night, I wake up and actually sit up in bed, and I see things. They're usually people, however sometimes they are animals. Either way, it's never inanimate objects.

One example of this is I woke up, and I remember seeing my friend Darren standing in the middle of my room. I was not startled at all, or scared in any way. I asked him what he was doing there, and he just replied "whats up man?" The thing is, it wasn't auditory. I just knew, in some way, that he replied "what's up man?" Then I remember looking at my window, and more figures were climbing through it (again, not scared. A vibe told me that they were my friends, although I did not know who they were to look at)

Another example is I saw Smeagle (from Lord Of The Rings) at the end of my bed, and he tried to attack me. I woke up in the middle of punching my bed in the area that I saw him.

Is this a Hypnogogic Hallucination? I am aware that there is another type that is auditory, however I do not get anything Auditory. It's all visual. I often get these in the middle of the night...not as I'm falling asleep, or as I wake up....just in the middle.

Anyone have any idea what this is? thankya!