i'm not a moderator but i think this topic would better fit the sleep and healt or general dream discussion... |
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New to the forum...have read some of the few discussions on hypnopompic hallucinations, but decided to weigh in on this since having no one to talk to who has experienced what I'm going through. It's not so common as are hypnogogic hallucinations (those encountered on first falling asleep or from a morning awakening). Most folks have experienced hypnogogics at least once in their lives, but the "other" is rarer. |
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i'm not a moderator but i think this topic would better fit the sleep and healt or general dream discussion... |
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Monkey Is BACK!
i had a hallucination (delusion?) that my door was kicked in at around 4am one morning. i was totally utterly convincing. i saw a flashlight being waved around too. i sat in bed scared out of my mind for 10 minutes before i got the courage to get up and check everything was alright (it was of course). i knew at the time it *might* be my imagination, but i really wasn't sure. |
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i blame having too much copper in my diet at the time ( http://www.drlwilson.com/articles/copper_t...ty_syndrome.htm ) |
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I've been having these middle of the night realistic hallucinations too for some time, more and more lately. |
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I've only had 2 hypnogogic images, once in 2006 after i finished watching a program about bigfoot. I closed my eyes as i was trying to sleep and all of a sudden i see this image of bigfoot in my mind, the bigfoot had a white glow around his body and black fur, he was flexing his muscles. Then about a month or so ago i had another one, as i woke up i still had my eyes closed and there was a picture of a cartoon character of a man in my head. That lasted less than 10 seconds. |
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Hypnagogic and Hypnapopic hallucinations are more common in people who have a sleep disorder. If you are also feeling tired or fall asleep when you shouldn't then it's something to take seriously and have tested, if not then not to worry. Enjoy these dream-like sequences. I have many myself, but most are before sleep sometimes they are afterwards. Wish I could give you a better answer but I know of no cause other than the sleep disorders or abnormalities (such as sleep deprivation), yet those need not be present at all for it to occur. |
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well wishes,
lily
"I have been with you since the beginning, and I shall be with you til the end."
- Isis, in my dream.
Hey all, first post here -- I've had these hypnopompic "hallucinations" as well. |
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Wow, I'm glad I don't get the creepy crawly things. I just get shadow people of various compositions, all black. Sometimes they are solid, sometimes they look like a swarm of black silk scarves that swirl around in the general shape of a person. |
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I had one of these last year for the first time I think. It was around mid afternoon and I was quite tired so thought I'd take a little nap on the couch (lazy, I know). I had the TV on and decided to put on an Attenborough (he has that sort of voice which sends you to sleep), I think it was a really long one of all the best bits of his Planet Earth series. Anyway, I don't think I had been asleep long before I woke up and there in front of me was an oversized arachnid (I despise spiders) with unnatuarally long and spindley legs sort of clinging to the wall (there was no web). As it hung there it appeared to be...Well, I would say maybe flickering, dancing, or vibrating even. |
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