Curiosity without a diagnosis.
A description can help you recognise a pattern or find a useful question. It cannot establish a diagnosis, explain every cause or replace support when sleep, fear or daily life are becoming difficult.
Seven ways into the subject
Choose the page that best matches your question, not the one that seems most dramatic.
Remembering
Dream recall
Ways to notice what remains after waking, from a single fragment to a fuller dream entry.
- After waking
- Private notes
Awareness in a dream
Lucid dreaming
What it can mean to notice that you are dreaming while the dream continues.
- No guarantee
- Sleep-aware
Falling asleep
Hypnagogia
The changing thoughts, images and sensations that can occur while moving towards sleep.
- Sleep onset
- Varied
Waking up
Hypnopompia
Images, sounds and sensations around waking, with clear distinctions and guidance on seeking support.
- Waking transition
- Context matters
Apparent waking
False awakenings
A dream in which it feels as though you have woken up, even though sleep continues.
- Dream experience
- Can feel ordinary
Waking boundary
Sleep paralysis
A state involving temporary difficulty moving around the boundary between sleep and waking.
- Can be frightening
- Support matters
Perspective
OBE-like experiences
A careful way to discuss experiences that can feel detached from the body or unusually located in space.
- Personal report
- Many interpretations
