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Hear a voice just before i fall asleep.
"Mental Health" probably isnt the right category. My subject pretty much sums it up. Sometimes, right when Im on the edge between sleep and consciousness, right smack between two different places, I swear I can hear someone say my name just faintly, but because of the weird state Im in, it really catches my attention. I dont know where it comes from. Its like it comes from the sleep and sounds in the sleep and in the wake, like it echos or something, its hard to explain, but you probably know what Im getting at. Im just really curious about it. I want to know what it is, why, and why I hear it and only when Im in that state. Also, because it's so faint and brief, I can't distinguish characteristics such as sex or whether I know the voice or not. If you have any ideas or actually know something or have had a similar experience, pleas leave a response, and thanks very much in advance! :)
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You know... the same thing actually happens to me (or similar anyway). For me, it's usually somebody I know. I have been 'hearing' my best friend say some crazy stuff for a while now... It's strange. I can literally hear her voice, although I know it's just my imagination. Sometimes other people talk to me too. Usually they just say 'hi' or something. I find it almost comforting. As long as this voice isn't scaring you or anything, it's just fine. I'm perfectly fine, so you probably don't need to worry about it.
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It could be nothing more than your imagination or it could be something along the lines of para normal or you having some psychic abilities that really most of us should have to some extent but we dont believe in it or discredit it and make excuses when it happens.
I have always been very spiritually/or call it psychically perceptive. During my church days, in communicating with God, I good so good at it I could tell when it was my thoughts or not and the voice in my head telling me to go share some encouragement on a very specific subject with someone I knew but had no idea if the topic would mean anything. I had my doubts but everytime I followed through, I had confirmation that I'd heard correctly and the other person was excited or blessed too.
Later in life, I felt God directing me to walk a spiritual path a bit broader and more accepting than that of the church. When I went along, here's my first strange experience that reminds me of yours.
I was at the acupuncturist on the massage table with needles on my back. So my face was in the donut piece and my eyes closed. I got to that same half awake/wake asleep point which is when it is easier sometimes for anything of the spiritual dimension to get through, whether God himself, your Angel or spirit guide or a loved one who has passed on. All of a sudden I saw a man off to my left as clear as if I had my eyes open. I was so startled, thinking someone had walked into the wrong exam room, that without realizing, I raised my head, looked and no one was standing in that spot. So I closed my eyes and the moment they were closed, I saw the image again. I have never since seen anything so clearly like real flesh and blood. So since I was used to talking to God in my head, I did the same to the image. When I asked Who are you? The person finally spoke and I heard clear responses in my mind, that he was my Spirit guide. I wasn't looking for one or wanting to have one, not sure I even beleived in it but it happened. So I tested it, asking the Spirit to next weekend prove to me it was real by tapping on my shoulder or head when no one was around. I forgot about it and was surprised when that happened. Yup, this was for real.
Then again, there the story in the Bible of Samuel when he was a child in training under Eli to become a priest. Eli and Samuel had gone to bed. Eli's eyesight was failing so Samuel knew to be available to help him at a moments notice.
And while Samuel was lying down, the LORD called Samuel. And he answered, "Here I am!" So he ran to Eli thinking he had called needing help and said, "Here I am, for you called me." And Eli said, "I did not call; lie down again." And he went and lay down. This repeats several times until Eli realizes the child is hearing from God and instructs Samuel to answer God.
So you might try saying something in response, "I hear you calling my name sometimes, so my question is Who are you and what do you want. If I am unable to hear you answer now, then come to me in my dreams. (Often family members who have passed on find it easier to get thru to let you know they are ok when you are dreaming)
If you have any further questions or want to speak with me regarding anything else that happens, I'd be glad to help if I can.
Hope this helps some.
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It is completely normal don't worry
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Auditory hypnagogic hallucination.
Totally normal and very common experience. It's fundamentally just an error message between being awake and being asleep. When these sorts of states have been studied, it's been shown that although the people report that they are awake, their brain waves indicate they are still technically sleeping.
It's a waking dream. Like most dreams, it's a bit random and some people will read a lot of meaning into it. Like dreams, they can be a bit scary, but they're normal and harmless.
Hearing whispers of your name, is one of the most common reported hallucinations. People also often report hearing voices whispering or yelling they can't understand, or seeing shadowy figures standing nearby.
A lot of people will interpret these experiences through their own cultural understanding - they will call them ghosts, or spirits or alien abduction, or whatever else they are inclined to believe in. But it's a really well understood neurological phenomenon that affects a lot of people at some point in their lives - it's more common in younger people, and much more common in people who have narcolepsy or other sleep disorders as well.
It's nothing to worry about. Just something cool your brain and body do when they aren't quite on the same page.
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