Sleep Paralysis & Hallucinations: Narcolepsy Nerd Alert

Sleep paralysis and hypnagogic and hypnopompic hallucinations can be confusing and scary, but you're not alone in dealing with them. Rising Voices advocates Chesea Cataldi, Connor Baker, and Kristyn Beecher join us to share their stories and insights.
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Narcolepsy Nerd Alert is a live broadcast series diving deeper into specific topics related to narcolepsy. Hosted by an award-winning geek, Julie Flygare, each live event invites fellow #NarcolepsyNerds to explore unique aspects of the narcolepsy experience, contemplate bold questions, and learn from each other.
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[@francilu1489]

The experiences everyone shared are so helpful to hear because we JUST discovered my mom is experiencing Hypnagogic & Hypnopompic Hallucinations. We thought she was seeing spirits!!! Thank you!

[@extraordinarygamer777]

I'm in the middle of the "limbo" between diagnosis. Sleep paralysis is wild and turns into a lucid dream at times.

[@brandonmcalpin9228]

The Raven by Edgar Allen Poe is a perfect example of all of this. The more I read his material, the more I’m convinced he was Narcoleptic.

[@quisthegreat6538]

I need some one to talk to concerning this

[@MiffyHallucinates]

Yes! I get these dream hallucinations. Mine are mostly within the first few hours of going to bed. I have been recording it and uploading some of my reactions to YT lately.
When I wake up, my dreams are either pulled into the waking world, or my brain manipulates what is around me, into something related to my dream, in some way or another. Sometimes, while I sleep, I wake up a little, and that's when it happens. Those hallucinations are so strong and vivid, it takes me a few seconds to realize they are just from my dreams and sometimes it scares the socks off me. On rare occasions, they will include auditory / other sensory hallucinations.
I don't know how to stop them but what they are worse / more frequent when I am very tired, had too much to drink or (ESPECIALLY) when something changes in my room, like a coat hanging somewhere it doesn't always hang or a door open when it's normally closed, any movement at the time or, the worst, when I am in a completely new room.
Sometimes, when I am overwhelmed with them, I sleep with an eye mask, so that my brain have nothing to manipulate.

[@aethylwulfeiii6502]

I have Tourette’s and I move around while having them, I gave the shadow man the middle finger.

[@jitinverma3382]

Good video Well done

[@MuhammadNasir-qi9to]

What treatment narcolepsy

[@jitinverma3382]

Type 1 or Type 2 how do you know

[@aethylwulfeiii6502]

Cataplexy.