Thread: Why can I have HI when I'm awake?

Okay so ever since I was a small small child I have been able to experience what people describe as HI by putting my eyes in a dark place and closing them then looking at images on the back of my eyelids. When I first heard HI described, (patterns, shapes and colours on the back of your eyelids) I thought "WTF? I get that all the time " I dont know if this is normal or what. Come to think of it, it is easier to identify the HI when I'm drowsy, but I can also see it on my eyelids when I'm as awake and energetic as a chipmunk chugging vodka and redbull and throwing in some speed for extra fun.

If anyone else gets this too, or if you don't get this but know a bit about it can you explain this to me?

This is normal that happens to everyone when they close their eyes I wouldn't really call it HI

Thanks Mirui. That's what HI sounds like to me though, geometric patterns swirling and psychedelic colours

Hypnogogic images or sounds come one in the Theta brainwave stage of sleep. So, technically you are neither completely awake or asleep but rather in a form of self-hypnosis that we humans experience every night before falling asleep.