Hypnagogic hallucinations are sensory experiences that occur just before falling asleep. Individuals having a hypnagogic hallucination have visual, auditory, or tactile sensations as they are falling asleep. The sensations may be strange or bizarre. It is also common to experience sleep paralysis during a hypnagogic hallucination. Sleep paralysis is the inability to move though you are conscious – it is essentially the mind being awake while the body is still asleep. Hypnagogic hallucinations can also be a symptom of narcolepsy. The opposing concept to this is a hynopompic hallucination which occurs while waking instead of falling asleep.
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mohammad looti (2025). Hypnagogic Hallucinations. PSYCHOLOGICAL SCALES. Retrieved from https://scales.arabpsychology.com/trm/hypnagogic-hallucinations/
mohammad looti. "Hypnagogic Hallucinations." PSYCHOLOGICAL SCALES, 30 Sep. 2025, https://scales.arabpsychology.com/trm/hypnagogic-hallucinations/.
mohammad looti. "Hypnagogic Hallucinations." PSYCHOLOGICAL SCALES, 2025. https://scales.arabpsychology.com/trm/hypnagogic-hallucinations/.
mohammad looti (2025) 'Hypnagogic Hallucinations', PSYCHOLOGICAL SCALES. Available at: https://scales.arabpsychology.com/trm/hypnagogic-hallucinations/.
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