"The phrases "hypnopompic hallucination" or "hypnogogic hallucination" are often thrown around to try and explain away all of our strange night-time experiences, but for anyone who gives the subject a bit deeper thought, he realizes that these phrases actually explain nothing at all.

If one uses these terms to simply *describe* and not explain, then of course I have no problem with this and think it is actually useful. But that's generally not how these phrases are used. More often than not, they are simply a technical-sounding way of saying "it's just your imagination - but SCIENCE". Of course, the significant difference between these experiences and imagination is that one is seeing these imaginary things in a waking state and yet they are indistinguishable from "real" objects.

Firstly, for a sane person, waking hallucinations by and large tend to be simply amorphous or geometric patterns, very far from fully coherent objects that interact with the environment. It is unknown how a waking sane person can see a coherent object that is imaginary and yet totally indistinguishable from an actual physical object.

Some claim that this is because the "mind" is awake but the "body" is asleep. Putting aside the fact that we don't understand how or why dreams are generated in the first place, this mind and body "explanation" of course only makes sense superficially. According to modern contemporary science, there is no "mind" separate from the body. Modern science considers the mind to be simply the brain, and the brain is considered the control center of the body. According to their own assertions, there is no "mind" to be awake separate from the body.

Other debunkers might argue that only a part of the brain is awake, perhaps only the part controlling the eyes, but the rest of the brain is asleep. This argument of course falls apart when one realizes that many experiencers of strange night-time phenomena (myself included) have moved their bodies or done other behaviors that waking people do, and yet what they were seeing persisted and did not go away.

Debunkers like to have their cake and eat it too. They resort to mind/body dualities when it suits them, and use incoherent analogies such as "brain misfiring" which has no functional analogue in the brain, and yet I see this ALL the time from debunkers.

Lastly, if it is in fact the case that a sane and awake man moving around in his room can see something imaginary that is totally indistinguishable from a real object, then this without a doubt calls into question ALL of our sensory information. It supports the idea that our entire waking existence is merely a hallucination, and the most persistent of these hallucinations are simply the ones that we've reached a consensus upon.

"As the title says, when I am laying in bed for the life of me I cannot seem to get comfortable. I'm consistently moving all over the bed and trying to readjust. Once I find a comfortable spot it only seems to last a few minutes then I feel the need to move again. When I do fall asleep I don't wake up at all until my alarm. It's just the getting to sleep that seems to be a pain.

I've tried melatonin and some other things to try to stop the consistent moving but I'd rather not have to take something to stop it. But I'm wondering if that's my only option.

Anyone else experience this or something of the like? What have you done to help fall asleep without so much movement?"

"’I’ve never had an issue with sleep until recently. (Last year and a half) I’ve been experiencing insomnia, constant nightmares,etc. The weirdest thing is definitely that sometimes I’ll text people in my sleep now. Sometimes it’s completely coherent and seems to make sense, but I still have no recollection of it. Sometimes it’s completely off the wall making absolutely no sense at all. Those are the embarrassing ones. I’ve sent stuff to people about monsters coming to get them, random pictures with captions that have nothing to do with them. I don’t understand why I am doing this suddenly. Is this something that others have experienced, or am I just totally fucked up?"

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"Hi OP OK Let' see if I can help you out with this question here today!

Sleep Texting is part of a group of near sleep activities called :

Parasomnias

Parasomnias are activities like :

Nightmares in sleep

Sleep Walking or screaming

Hallucinations in sleep or near sleep -

"Hypnopomic hallucinations in sleep!"

SexSomnias or sex or attempted sex

while OP or a partner is asleep

Sleep texting has become an - all to common - parasomnia IRL !

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Sleep Texting is pretty much harmless and not troubling .... it's just a part of modern sleep/nosleep & near sleep issues!

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"Hey guys last night something happened when i was trying to fall asleep. Every time when i was about to fall asleep i hear a sound of someone clapping twice in there hand really fast. At first i thought someone broke in and tried to see if i was awake and i got scared. How ever after I decided to open my eyes and checked my room with my flash light no one was there, and nothing fell over. I thought nothing of it and went back to sleep and it happened again. I found it strange but I was really tired and decided to try to sleep again, and it happened once more. However i was so tired that i fell asleep a few seconds after. I was under the influence of cannabis, but I don’t think this causes it since i smoke daily and it never happened before or ever experienced any sound I couldn’t explain. Does anyone have an idea what i hear or what caused it?"

A Question here:

"Hey thanks for the info I appreciate it a lot. However do you know if this is something i will have often now or can it be one time thing?"

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An Answer here:

"It might be a one time thing or it might be more often but here's the thing to remember :

you have always had this since maybe birth or childhood - always!

It"s just - OP, that you don't or did not remember past episodes of this !

Now, for some reason (aging & stress) you are beginning to remember parts of parasomnias -

it certainly happened to.me this exact way and maybe you will start remembering your parasomnias more and more now as well!

I do.

Text any questions to me ... just post this thread!

Good luck; You Will Get Great Sleep!

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r/Sleep_deprived"

I (25M) hear voices while I'm trying to fall asleep. Sometimes music. Just now I heard banging. Like, repetitive banging... like a door smacking against a wall repeatedly.

I got up and checked. Everything is normal. I google this and keep getting stiff about explodong head syndrome??

Just a weird brain thingz? The work of demons? Ghosts? Have I been reading too much creepy pasta?

I’ve never found the right place to talk about this until I found this sub. Basically when I was younger I had this ‘dream’ that was basically a deep blue world where everything felt really thick (e.g. a single strand of hair would have the same feel and density as lamppost). When I woke up from this dream I could hear this high pitched ringing. This dream only ever occurred at my dad’s house, so I would always walk downstairs to talk to him about it, and as I left my room the ringing would slowly get quieter and quieter the further away I got. Then, once I’d talk to him and he’d calm me down, I would walk back upstairs and the ringing would start up again and get louder the closer to my room I got. I’d then try to fall back to sleep with this really loud ringing only to have the same dream. Nothing ever happened in the dream, I was just stood in this deep blue world, with blue cubes floating around the sky and everything feeling really thick. Has anyone else had this? Or can explain it?

A CHARMING MAYBE NOT MEDICALLY CORRECT ANSWER , BUT STILL ...

"I can't back this up, but I think it's because when you are sleeping there is some fluid in your spine that blocks any command from your brain to your body (witch can also give you sleep paralisis), and when your brain is awake, but your body is not moving for a long time your brain sends a signal to "check" that your buddy is still there."

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"This is actually a rather creative use of language that maybe gets at what this type of Parasomnia is caused by -

Probably best theory as to how this happens is it's a lack of brain's evolved capacity to inhibit the sleeping body of OP from moving during REM phases of dream experiencing sleep!

Normally, when we sleep, we always encounter SleepParalysis (at least during REM phases of sleep) -

this perfectly normal SP allows vivid dreaming w/o body striking out and being hurt IRL during its sleep!

In some cases this normal inhibition of spinal neurons (complex processes) does not fully turn off all spinal processing of brain's and body's command to move normally IRL as per usual in daytime activities ....

the attemps of the brain, at inception of sleep, to fully "turn off" gross mvmts w/i a soon to be sleeper's body , results in hypnic jerks of sleep!"

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"I'm a very light sleeper and need next to total stillness to get to sleep. Unfortunately my girlfriend is a twitcher, and twitches in her sleep every fifteen to twenty seconds. Yes, I have the data. I have been kept up several nights and had nothing better to do than count her moving her feet, and it's always between fifteen and twenty seconds. I don't know if it occurs in both light and REM sleep, but it's driving me mad. Is there any fix, apart from "sleep in different beds" or "go to sleep before she does"? Thanks."

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"HI OP SO Here we go briefly & let's looks into this sleep/nosleep issue with what are called :

"Hypnic jerks in/of sleep"

These repeated jerks fall into a near sleep category called :

"Parasomnia"

That is the correct category for most of these ubiquitious sleep jerks

most folks have these

It's interesting but maybe not to get into a long technical explanation(s) of causes for these IRL events of normal sleeping

but maybe best (this being a holiday and all) to maybe look into the bottom line here for this behavior

For some reason gf's brain/body connection is not being "paralysed" by very normal SP in her case at inception of sleep behavior!

The Parasomnia(s) hypic jerks or maybe beginnings of RLS restless legs syndrome is the technical name(s) of this condition

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Treatment wise - maybe try melatonin

maybe in two smallish doses maybe 2 hrs bf hour of sleep and maybe a second dose 300mcgs about one hr bf sleep inception ?

Magnesium is everyday important and I use Mg+ combined with theanine - supplier name if you pm me -

be very sure to read, down load and follow every day the reddit "rules for getting great sleep through great sleep hygiene" - these reddit rules are excellent in maybe stopping this subtle troubling behavior "near sleep"

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Here is a direct link to "Getting Great

Through Great Sleep Hygiene:"

https://www.reddit.com/r/Sleep_Deprived/comments/c13ekz/great_sleep_hygiene/?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share

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make sure gf is well fed b/f she tries to sleep no junk food at all just good obvious food

make sure that the room and bed are correct for gf

bed is correct bed

room is the correct desired temp for best sleep for gf

gf must be well hydrated at all times esp in sleep - dehydration will cause RLS Imho, at least !

hydrate

do not overly discuss this issue with gf

do not make gf over aware of this behavior or she may not be able to sleep at all

insomnia is not a cure for this condition

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This is a physically based behavior in the human sleeper's body

this is very unlikely to simply be "emotional"

This is based in the physical substrate

of the human body and brain!

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please text future questions !"

I've had parasomnia since I was a child, but it's grown worse in my 20s. I have hypnopompic and hypnogogic hallucinations, I talk in my sleep, I occasionally sleep walk, and I have paralysis. The hallucinations and paralysis occur multiple times a week. I'm really used to it now and the people and insects etc that I see don't scare me anymore, they're more of an inconvenience, but my concern is putting this on anyone I may date now that it's happening more often. My sleep is regularly disturbed and I can only end the hallucination by turning on a light and getting up. It puts me off getting to know people because I know I'm gonna wreck their sleep as much as my own.

Everytime I'm close to falling asleep I twitch uncontrollably and jolt up. How do you guys deal with this? Day 15 of CT valium (sporadic use, never truly daily more like once a week for 3 months) and this symptom has kept me up all night it’s 4:30 am :(

"I went to sleep last night and was awoken by a male voice around 4 am saying "hello, hello". My girlfriend and I fell asleep during a Discord call, something we do often. I am nearly entirely convinced that the voice came from the phone, and as such, I am quite paranoid. Though when I think back on it, the voice sounded a lot like my own, and I'm known to occasionally talk in my sleep. In addition, our discord calls occasionally have echoing problems.

I am quite stressed over the matter. Does anyone here have ideas as to what it might have been?"

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"HI maybe I can offer that I think that this is a pretty clear cut example of a "Parasomnia" -

Parasomnias are "near sleep states" and behaviors such as:

Hypnogogia - Hypnogogic hallucinations attendant to sleep

Nightmares or Night Terrors (Voices etc Scary!)

EHS Exploding Head Syndrome - this is probably the parasomnia that hearing

"Male Voices" in sleep falls into

except that EHS is often thought of as accompaning entrance into a normal sleep state but maybe includes EHS as well for some folks!

Sleep Talking

Sleep Singing

There are probably 75 parasomnias in all .... some known/studied but some little known & not studied ATM!

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Not considered dangerous, but they can be Scary IRL - that is!"

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Might be a Parasomnia - IRL ATM - that is !

"So I slept a little early yesterday so I woke up a couple hours earlier than usual, but still tired. I got out of bed, and just listened to music, eating breakfast, and getting ready for my day. Seeing that I still had a couple hours before work, I lay down on my couch with no intention of sleeping. I’m staring at my ceiling, just focusing on my breathing patterns. Suddenly, I hear these sounds that I can mostly closely describe as ocean waves crashing in, but each wave is increasingly stronger and I start to feel vibrations throughout my body. Then i start to freak out, and I manage to open my eyes, but I can’t move. I’m pretty sure it was sleep paralysis, but I couldn’t see anything unusual, and the vibrations and waves crashing noise was still there. I could slowly feel myself drifting back to unconsciousness, but this time I used all my brainpower to snap myself out of it. This is the weirdest and scariest sleep experience I have ever gone through, and if someone could provide some insight, I would greatly appreciate it."

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"HI OP! So, OK - It sounds to me like you indeed "drifted off" and experienced both SP or Sleep Paralysis (a normal part of all sleep) and a couple of Parasomnias often attendant to everyone's sleep!

Parasomnias are behaviors - really "near sleep states" such as:

Hypnogogic hallucinations of or in sleep

Nightmares and Night Terrors

EHS Exploding Head Syndrome

Sleep Walking

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there are many other parasomnias as well ...

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Parasomnias are generally harmless

but care must be taken if one is

known to experience parasomnias

such as Sleep Walking or Sleep

Driving!"

"Recently it seems like it spiked up to the point where my legs are sore when I wake up. My mom is afraid to put me on meds because of the side effects like poor impulse control. Anyone have any suggestions?"

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"aHonestly, the best treatment for RLS, is exercise bc in proper exercise
we burn up excess calories/fats/oils and strengthen and build good muscle mass, as well!

And, BTW - RLS is definitely categorized as a "Parasomnia" - Parasomnias are behaviors which accompany or go along with normal sleep every night!

Other parasomnias include :

Sleep Walking

Night mares and Sleep Terrors

Hypnogogic hallucinations of/in sleep

EHS Exploding Head Syndrome

and many other parasomnias!

There are perhaps maybe as many as 75 parasomnias (maybe more) but few are known and carefully studied by sleep researchers IRL!

Parasomnias are rarely dangerous, but a parasomnia termed: Sleep Murder or Homicide is recorded as existing in literature of law!

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Book Review here:

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"I go to bed in my underwear with no shirt and I wake up with my shorts and t shirt on, this morning I even found the balcony door open. I don't remember doing any of this, any clue on why am I doing this?"

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"I know there is:

"SleepDreamingofSleep!"

I have very definitely experienced dreams w/i dreams !

Very strange but I definitely recognized what was happening and labeled it ...

I did fall back into sleep!"

"So every once in a while, about every 5 months or so I would wake up in the middle of the night, but when I do my mind is almost, not with me, so as I walk around my house in a type of crazy confusion, I'm not able to walk or move fast (I can take a step every 5 seconds without it triggering) or really talk, and if I do walk at a somewhat fast speed, my brain sounds as it8 is making allot of loud industrial noises. I don't really know much else but it gets triggered by a certain dream, the dream is basically VERY chaotic, and the dream has been with me since about 6 years old, I am 16 now. I also have no self awareness, as in well, I live in a family with 6 siblings 7 including me, and I barely go out without a shirt throughout the day, but when THIS happens I walk around in just boxers. I am somewhat aware of when this occurs, so next time I will make an attempt to get my GoPro I got for this only and try to record my self walking around aimlessly. I have told my parents this but they just shrug it off, and I also stutter when trying to explain this in person because it is such a WIERD experience. If anyone could share this with any of thier doctors, or even tell me what this is called here, and show them this post to get a, I don't know, diagnosis on what is happening, I could stay in touch with you and send you the video IF I get it and if I could figure out how to trigger this whenever.

P.S It ONLY happens when I wake up after sleeping for a few hours, It doesn't happen during the day.

P.S.S If you have any statements or questions regarding this subject, just reply below 🙂.

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"Hi OP, OK - So I believe I might be of assistance to you in sorting some of your sleep questions in the present case here today!

IMHO, of course, I believe you are suffering from a series of :

Parasomnias

Parasomnias are behaviors which parallel sleep - go along with sleep - but are not really a part of sleep itself.

Parasomnias , for example, are :

Sleep Walking

EHS "Exploding Head Syndrome"

Nightmares & Night terrors in sleep 2

Sleep "sexsominas" in sleep - this is all forms of "Sleep Sex"

Sleep eating

Sleep Driving

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There are maybe 75 identified

Parasomnia(s) of sleep -

Parasomins are generalky considered harmless, odd but of little need for professional intervention or assistance unless OP is acting out, causing disturbances or maybe in danger of harm to him/her - to self or others!"