Thread: Hypnagogic conceptuality - a pre-phase of HI?

Lately, while attempting WILD when falling asleep for the first time, I've been falling into something that I really can't call "imagery". I fall straight into a state of hypnagogic conceptual thought, so to speak...
One moment I'm thinking about something all on my own, of my own will and the next I shift into a state where my thoughts become independant, like regular dreams. However, I do not see any imagery, it is all thought (perhaps I'm just not interpreting it actively enough into imagery).
Could this be the beginning stage of hypnagogic conceptuality/imagery, which can be entered through very passive awareness?

The problem, however, is that I snap out of it every time. I gain too much awareness and snap back awake. Thinking more about this I come to the conclusion that HI can be induced at any time by shifting from thought patterns into it instead of waiting for hypnagogic imagery while concentrating on any one subject.

The reason I'm rather interested in this, besides just plain curiosity, is that I've yet to achieve the WILD described most everywhere and by most simply because my concentration is limited to literally 10 seconds; when falling asleep (or at any other time for that matter) I can't keep concentrated on any one topic for more than just that...10 seconds; my thoughts interchange and switch one leading into another and so on, even if I merely attempt concentration on my own breathing. Just uncontrollable...and even concentration training is tough simply because it requires literally forcing concentration on any given subject and my low level of concentration stops me from furthering itself.

This occurance, however, is just that: thoughts turning independant; thus, it doesn't matter what I'm thinking, the state sets on by itself as I lose awareness, and with enough awareness I realize it but suddenly snap awake because I'm still not trained enough in passive awareness.

Any thoughts?