I've had this experience a lot recently.
I wake up in the night, remember my dream (normally around 4am), go to the bathroom, fill in my dream journal and go back to bed.

I try to MILD, but find that I am too alert to just nod off, and it seems I start attempting a WILD by default.

So I see the lights, and then the odd static images appearing and dissapearing. All this time I'm conscious and aware that I'm waiting to dream.Then I'm watching some random dream scene. Almost like watching a black and white movie. Is this the HI?

But I'm not watching it in a detatched way. I'm never aware of the transition.
One second I'm watching the back of my eyes, the next I'm in this strange little mini dream, with no understanding of how I got there. It lasts for a very short time, then I'm back staring at the back of my eyes. After the mini-dream, I'm conscious of what I was up to again.

Anyone know whats going on? Is this normal.
Can anyone give me advice on how to get through this please?