Hypnagogic, dunno about this.

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suonds like you have all the information you need to gain a better understanding. it seems correct to me.

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[mayhem]

I think what theyre trying to say is that hypnagogic and hypnanomic images can be just like dreams. They can completely scare the *#$# outta ya or they can be very pleasant. I know drugs do exactly what they say. Drugs can alter what you're thinking about and in the case they mention, LSD a bad trip can be easily had depending on your actual situation. If its unpleasant and uncomfortable, its very possible to have a "bad" trip. You think about things you would never think about. DXM is another they mention and at heightend levels of that drug, they claim that 1 in 5 "go homicidal." Wether they act on those feelings is probably up to the person but it shows how your brain can think and do strange things. I have a feeling most normal people block these things but for some I'm sure they experience these without drugs, although some trauma must have occured to set them in motion. So if you can have a dream about getting abducted in a UFO, its very possible since you're body is paralyzed and your mind is still seeing this dream happening. It feels very real. I really don't know if this answers the question. But I will say the mind is one crazy butt muscle. Dont put anything past it. Anything can happen.

PS. Ever have a bad dream over and over? I did when I was younger.. its bad enough to have it more than once. But what if you were lying in bed, can't move and are basically forced to view these images. I guess that might be what theyre talking about.

[Phil]

What do you think of this

http://trikuare.cx/~magenta/gallery/writing/Hypnagogia/ch004.html

I do believe what some of the stuff they are talking about, just i am not sure what to believe about this section that i have cut out right here.  I am trying to get a better understanding about it.

"Both hypnagogic and hypnanomic hallucinations can be extremely frightening for whoever it is happening to, especially if they are not aware of the physiology involved. It is generally believed that most, if not all, cases of hauntings and UFO abductions are really hypnagogic hallucinations, and many who experience them under a more rational light believe that they are simply going insane for having vision with no scientific basis. Because of the terrifying nature of sleep paralysis, a vicious feedback cycle of believing something Bad is happening forms, and as a result, hypnagogic hallucinations are more commonly referred to as "night terrors."