Amazing experience with HI last night!

[Artixknight]

I'll keep this short and simple. I woke up from a nightmare last night, and I was sitting up to rub my eyes and convince myself not to be afraid to go back to sleep. (Let's note that my room has no lights on whatsoever, it is completely dark.) I turned my head to my closet, and you know how you think you see things in the dark that aren't really there? Well, lol... I saw a blurred vision of my baby brother standing in my closet. I could see through him, like he was a ghost. The colors of his clothes were really grindy and dark, kind of like a nightmarish collage of colors. I stared at him, and at the time I was just thinking that he got out of his crib and walked into my room- explaining why I woke up so suddenly and early. I put my hand out to touch him, and his body turned into a cloud of mist and just kind of floated off. That's when I realized I was just seeing HI. Then, I went back to sleep... and when I woke up, it was daylight. I rested my head for a few minutes, trying to go back to sleep, and that was when I saw my room from inside of my eyelids. It was as clear as real life, and the image stayed for probably 3 seconds. I just thought my eyes were open... But then the image turned pitch black and I realized that I was seeing a dreamscape; what I saw was just HI from inside of my closed eyelids. I opened my eyes and saw my actual room, got out of bed, and started my day

[Think0808]

What is HI ?

[Abra]

HI stands for Hypnagogic Imagery, and consists of patterns of light, objects, and/or sounds that occur in the NREM stages right before a dream. But seeing it while awake is fairly rare. Are you sure that wasn't merely a false awakening after the nightmare? The second part seems like super vivid HI. Cool beans!

[DreamingGod]

Wow that was really awesome dude I have yet to see HI

[Artixknight]

Abra, I can't prove that I was awake or not, but I did strongly believe I was awake. Nothing was out of the ordinary, the laws of phyics still applied, my hands were normal, I couldn't breathe through my plugged nose, etc. However, I did have a false awakening last night...