Strange “dream”

[fbhjr]

I’ve been having trouble sleeping lately, and last night I woke up about 1 in the morning and had trouble getting back to sleep. I got up and drank some water and then went back to bed.

The only thing I can describe the next bit as was I started to dream before I fell back asleep.
As I lay there in bed, a stream of images appeared to me.
They almost, but not quite, made sense and pasted through my sight very quickly.
Driving on a road.
Two people in a canoe.
A parking garage.
A field under a cloudy sky.
Some times just mixes of colors.
On and on, just a stream of images, some of them moving. The folks in the canoe were paddling it.

It almost felt like there was a story there if I could connect the pieces. But, all there was were images, no connection.
Was I driving to the parking garage to meet the people in the canoe?
Maybe. Maybe not.

It was very strange.
Not bad, although I do wish I had more sleep.
But, strange.

Comments

[fauxklore]

That's called hypnagogic hallucination and is not uncommon. I experience it frequently, which is why I've looked it up.

[fbhjr]

I’ve had it happen before, but not often. Thank you for letting me know the name!

[velvetchamber]

I went to look, and at the other side of sleep we have hypnopompia, the state one is in between sleep and waking up. Always nice to learn new words, thank you both!