Sleep paralysis with hypnopompic hallucinations 👻 Sleep paralysis is when you wake up (or are falling asleep) and your body is still “locked” in the muscle-atonia of REM sleep, you’re conscious but can’t move or speak. Hypnopompic hallucinations are vivid sensory experiences (visual, auditory, tactile) that occur as you’re waking up. Seeing figures like shadowy intruders is a common example. When combined; paralysis hallucinations, the experience can feel extremely real and frightening. During

Narcolepsy often causes hallucinations when falling asleep or waking up. They’re called hypnogogic & hypnopomopic hallucinations. The ones I get while falling asleep are usually someone like, shouting a random word or my name. I’ve gotten so used to this my whole life that it barely registers anymore… I can tell it’s not real even though I “hear” it 🤷‍♀️ Auditory hallucinations are the most common hallucination of ANY kind, for any neurological or psychotic condition. Does this ever happen to y