hypnagogic

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00:55 Jul 3, 2020

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Additional field(s): Medical (general), Psychology

English term or phrase: hypnagogic

Definition from Merriam-Webster dictionary:
of, relating to, or occurring in the period of drowsiness immediately preceding sleep

Example sentence(s):

If your hypnagogic hallucinations are caused by anxiety, your doctor may recommend psychiatric treatment. Treatment for anxiety could involve talk therapy, meditation, or medication, as well as other at-home care to reduce stress. If you’re diagnosed with narcolepsy, your sleep specialist will prescribe narcolepsy medications. healthline
Hallucinations may share greater underlying mechanisms with hypnagogic experiences (which more closely reflect REM intrusions into waking state than dreams) given that external stimuli continue to be processed and reacted to during NREM sleep, albeit intermittently. National Center for Biotechnology Info.
This is intuitively appealing and would fit with one of the most curious aspects of the hypnagogic experience: Our thoughts can stray towards tumbling horses, zips and violins but they also can seem completely unremarkable, and indeed, entirely reasonable, until we are jolted from our reverie. Only at this point do they seem odd or out-of-context. The Atlantic

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入睡前

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入睡前

Definition from 妙手医生:
入睡前幻觉为在觉醒至睡眠的过渡阶段中出现的幻觉体验，其以幻视为多，如见到人物，花鸟，山水和受累等形象，类似梦境的体验，偶可见于正常人，多见于精神病患者，如酒精中毒所致的精神障碍或者精神分裂症等。

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入睡前幻觉(hypnagogic hallucination,HGH)可见于精神疾病患者,也可见于正常人,醉酒与谵妄状态时更易出现。 - CNKI

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