Glossary H
Glossary H
Hypnagogic hallucination refers to vivid dreamlike visions experienced by some patients of narcolepsy; a vivid , dreamlike intrusions into wakefulness that occur in the transition between wakefulness and sleep onset. Hypnagogic hallucination also refers to a vivid dreamlike hallucination that occurs as one is falling asleep. It is the opposite of an Hypnopompic hallucination which is a vivid dreamlike hallucination that occurs as one is waking up.
Hypnopompic that which pertains to the semi-conscious state before waking.
Hypnopompic hallucination refers to the type of Hallucination which is a vivid dreamlike Hallucination on awakening.
Hypnosis refers to a method by which any person may be guided into a state of responsiveness in which psychological and physical changes, beyond normal conscious capability, may be achieved. In other words, hypnotic trance is essentially a state of hyper-suggestibility
Inducing a state of high suggestibility by hypnosis, often thinly disguised as relaxation or meditation.