Showing posts with label sleep. Show all posts
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Saturday, April 9, 2011

H is for Hypnagogic & Hypnopompic

H is also for "Huh?", which is what you may be wondering when you see those words!

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.