


When you experience these hallucinations, you see, hear, or feel things that aren’t actually there. They are very similar to hypnagogic hallucinations, or hallucinations that occur at night as you’re falling asleep. National Library of Medicine, Biotech Information The National Center for Biotechnology Information advances science and health by providing access to biomedical and genomic information.

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