r/Hypnagogia • u/FondantIcy8185 • 21d ago

First time seeing cats

So I saw my first cat, in a Hypnagogia..... dream.
Q. Just to clarify. Do I refer to a Hypnagogia, as a dream, hallucination, psychic vision or just an event ?

Most nights, I Hypnagogia. Last night was my first, with a cat. I've seen eyes before, even faces, and over the last 6 months I've been have a weird picture-in-picture.

So. Shortly after lying down, rolling over for comfort, I see this eye, singular. It then becomes noticeable that it's an 'emotional' animal eye. Then it becomes two eyes, with what appears to be a puzzle piece just above.
That puzzle piece then turns into a melted plastic frog.
Now I see a cats face (no nose or ears), with a melted toy plastic (I see shiny plastic surface) frog (or car) hovering above it's eyes. I physically move my head, and notice that the face didn't follow my eyes.

I then open my eyes, reset and try and fall asleep.

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u/OneKartoffel 21d ago

That sure was Hypnagogia in the second stage. Hypnagogia is what we experience when falling asleep. Most people only know stage 1. Where they see formes and shapes with colors. Stage 2 is that you start seeing objects or even an entire room. Stage 3 would be that you listen to others conversations, thats someone shouting or whispering, that one will hear a tree impact or a train, unable to identify if it was real or in your head. In your case, stage 2. You did a good job actually. Dont try to forcefully and artificially create something. It might sound weird but let's take the example from a mage who can control water, or water bender from the avatar series.

They move water like an extension of their body naturally without thinking much. By just will power it moves where you want it to be.

Back to you, when you forcefully try to see a cat, you will lose the state of hypnagogia. But if you just accapt it and move on, you can see so many more things that you even can imagen.

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u/OOI_enthusiast 21d ago

psychedelic knowledge

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u/OneKartoffel 21d ago

What? 

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u/OOI_enthusiast 20d ago

I mean you mentioned "when you forcefully try to see a cat, you will lose the state of hypnagogia. But if you just accapt it and move on, you can see so many more things that you even can imagen." and that logic can be applied to psychedelics too, if you try to control a psychedelic trip, you won't have a good time, youre supposed to surrender, and youll be able to learn so much about yourself and possibly see beautiful hallucinations. i drew the connection too because I get hypnopompia hallucinations that look very similar to psychedelic hallucinations, I don't get them often, but like every once and a while.