hypnagogia

I've just woken up to a severe pain in my right arm. As I approached consciousness I heard my wife whisper, "Be quiet! Don't move! Someone's in the room! He's looking at our son!" As I woke I realized the pain in my arm was my wife's nails and she was gripping my arm tightly. Still in a sleep...

Who else has had hypnogogic or hypnopompic hallucinations? I'm curious who else has experienced them and perhaps the conditions (fatigue, sick, etc). If you happened to be under the influence of drugs or alcohol withdrawal - please don't post unless you note it. I've only experienced...

Well, not really. But it has been brought up by alien abductees time and again. I can't count on two hands the number of times that my body was totally paralized, and someone was standing next to me. I have experienced many times being in a state between sleep and awake. I couldn't move my...