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It's in this first stage of sleep that you might experience hypnagogic sensation, those brief moments when you feel like you're falling and your body jerks, startling you.
of sleep you might experience hypnagogic sensations -- those brief moments when you feel like
This state is known as hypnagogic,
This state is known as hypnagogic, and
or paralysis which is often triggered by excitement or laughter, and hypnagogic hallucinations,
hypnagogic hallucinations, which is basically when you start to dream before you fall asleep.
You've probably experienced a similar phenomenon known as a hypnagogic jerk.
But in that moment before you're unconscious, right, you're in a hypnagogic state.