Hypnogogic Hallucinations

[Kaotiklysm]

I'm schizoaffective and the only hallucinations I experience are these. Mostly fragments of a sentence, sometimes in a familiar voice, generally not. It was concerning at first, but I'm fine with it now. It occurs generally during stress, or when very tired. I believe these kinds of hallucinations are only quasi-psychotic and not linked to a particular disorder, being somewhat normal occurrences, although I suspect a link with neuroticism.

 

[Ryso89]

These types of experiences are common... They typically always occur under circumstances involving poor sleep. Exploding head syndrome... I experience that the most. I have woken up to loud voices in my ear, typically female, uttering something I can't make out. For a while I thought these were paranormal related, and I still wonder if they might be, but this is a real (semi common) hallucination that people experience, so I've read. I'm more inclined to say that they are not OBEs.

 

[Stu]

Is it possible that there is an overlap between what we think is happening and what is happening/