Hypnagogic experiences and imagary are thought to occur during the transition state between the phases of consciousness known as wakefulness and sleep. In contrast hypnopompic experiences and imagery are thought to occur during the transition from sleep to wakefulness.
This wakefulness-sleep transition state is complimented by vivid visual, auditory, and tactile dreamlike sensations, or hallucinations. These experiences are almost always accompanied by sleep paralysis.
Hypnagogic and hypnopompic sufferers commonly refer to the experience as "the devil riding your back."
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