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Hypnopompic Dreams – Between Sleeping and Waking
This episode explores hypnopompic experiences, which occur when dream imagery continues briefly after a person begins waking. During this transition, the eyes may open and awareness of the real bedroom may return while parts of the dreaming brain are still active.
People may see figures, patterns, or animals, hear voices or sounds, or continue feeling sensations such as floating, falling, or being touched. These experiences happen because waking perception and dream-generated perception temporarily overlap.
Hypnopompic hallucinations are closely related to sleep paralysis and false…
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