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Jul 01, 2010, 12:53 AM
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I was reading up on hypnogogic and hypnopompic hallucinations a few days ago, and at first I thought the only ones I've had ever are Hypnogogic hallucinations (which occur just before sleep) and one time I had a hypnopompic hallucination where I woke up and saw a black cat and that lasted for maybe half a minute--- or felt like it at least. But then I continued reading and realized that some of my experiences that I attributed to having a psychological source could very well be hypnogogic hallucinations as well. These include the feeling of falling into myself and a feeling I can only describe as energy bouncing back and forth between my eyes and brain like a pinball (there is also the feeling of movement like swinging back and forth or like being on a boa but I'm not counting these since I can actually manipulate them).
it's actually kind of a relief but truth be told it makes me feel a little dumb for not knowing sooner and jumping to conclusions.  I should really be thankful that I'm not as messed up as I initially thought but I feel the need to apologize to people as if I was being deceptive for personal enjoyment and gain.
I do have suspicions that I have narcolepsy (for reasons other then the hallucinations) but like 99% of the other issues I have it just comes and goes and never seems to be consistent or severe enough to warrant any sort of diagnosis.
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