Hypnagogic (or hypnogogic) adj relating to the drowsiness preceding sleep.
Hypnopompic adj relating to the semi-consciousness preceding waking.
Know the feelings? I do. The hypnagogic one is the one where that falling thing happens. You know that one? When you're almost asleep and in your semi-dreams you fall somehow and are suddenly jolted awake with a great fright! Not nice.
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Hmmm.. try to avoid the second one! Fortunately as I grow older is happens less. :0)
Oh I love this feeling. So they got a name for it, of cource they do. Who makes up these names anyways? Nice post:)
Interesting. More weird names to try and remember...lol
I don't like that weird feeling before dosing off.
Cool words. I love those feelings too and I love knowing the words for them. Nice post.
Thanks for the new words :)
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Oh, this is the weirdest. Great new words I'm going to love using :) Especially in the morning this is when I register the dreams I've been having...this morning it was puffy, scarred beings like the one orc in Return of the King who would slice open their skin and put rats and other peoples faces inside of themselves. Yeah, no idea where that came from. I don't know why I can never have nice dreams.
Great post though :)
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(my creative writing blog)
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Ah but why does Hypnagogic happen?
:O)
Are we feeling hynotized? Then, open to creativity.
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