hypnopompia
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Hypnopompia (also known as hypnopompic state) is the state of consciousness leading out of sleep, a term coined by the psychical researcher Frederic Myers. Its mirror is the hypnagogic state at sleep onset; though often conflated, the two states are not identical and have a different phenomenological character. Hypnopompic and hypnagogic hallucinations are frequently accompanied by sleep paralysis, which is a state wherein one is consciously aware of one's surroundings but unable to move or speak.
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Hypnopompia (also known as hypnopompic state) is the state of consciousness leading out of sleep, a term coined by the psychical researcher Frederic Myers. Its mirror is the hypnagogic state at sleep onset; though often conflated, the two states are not identical and have a different phenomenological character. Hypnopompic and hypnagogic hallucinations are frequently accompanied by sleep paralysis, which is a state wherein one is consciously aware of one's surroundings but unable to move or speak.
== Etymology == Frederic Myers coined the term "hypnopompic", with its word-ending originating from the Greek word πομπός ("pompos"), meaning "sender", in 1904. Previously, in 1848, Alfred Maury introduced the term "hypnagogic" from the Greek words ύπνος ("hypnos"), meaning "sleep", and αγωγός ("agōgos"), meaning "conductor" or "leader".
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