# Hypnagogic Imagery

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hypnagogic-imagery/75499>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [August 8, 2001, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hypnagogic-imagery/75499 "2001-08-08T21:12:52Z")\
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**Author:** ![Myst](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/59ef9b/32.png) [@Myst](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Myst)\
**Post date:** [August 8, 2001, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hypnagogic-imagery/75499/1 "2001-08-08T21:12:52Z")

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This is probably only for people who are familier with lucid dreaming.  
Why does hypnagogic imagery (that you get when you try to fall asleep conscious) look like the pattern you see when you press your finger against your closed eyelid?

(I know I posted it to the staff section. That was by mistake. It belongs in General Questions…)

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**Author:** ![manhattan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/manhattan/32/7_2.png) [@manhattan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/manhattan)\
**Post date:** [August 8, 2001, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hypnagogic-imagery/75499/2 "2001-08-08T21:32:23Z")

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You also posted it here last night.

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