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When falling asleep, I see red floating shapes and I am ...


Sent to Health Experts October 07, 2006 4:10 p.m.

When falling asleep, I see red floating shapes and I am awakened with a jolting sensation

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October 07, 2006 4:24 p.m. (14 minutes and 19 seconds later)
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What you are experiencing is called 'Hypnagogic hallucinations', which simply meants the things that your brain registers as seeing just at the intervening period between being asleep and awake. These are common experiences and nothing to wrooy about. If you are undergoing stress because of this, you may consult a psychologist. You can consult these sites for some more info:
http://neurology.health-cares.net/hypnagogic-hallucination.php
http://www.patient.co.uk/showdoc/40002314/



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