Posted by mila on March 29, 2001, at 2:27:52
In reply to Questions Regarding The Hearing Of Voices, posted by Stephen on March 27, 2001, at 23:08:47
Hi Stephen,
as far as i know there is nothing wrong with having hypnagogic experiences. I actually envy you for having them. I only experience them rarely and only visual ones. there is a good book by Andreas Mavremakis, Hypnagogia, the unique state of consciousness between wakefulness and sleep. It might answer many of your questions. When I read if for the first time myself I was astonished by the variety of hypnagogic experiences people are able to have. Although hypnagogic (and hypnopompic) hallucinations do happen in people who suffer from narcolepsy and sleep paralysis (as a part of REM disorder), on their own they are not symptomatic of any pathology per se. they just signal you that you are in a transition to/from a REM state, or experience the admixture of REM and waking physiology.
if it will make you feel better, up to 67% of people have such hallucinations. And many, many people hear their names being called.
yours was a fascinating post to read. thank you.
mila
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