Thread: Defining hypnagogia, and the hypnic jerk, and WILD help

(Sorry if this is posted in the wrong place. Since it involves defining terms I am not sure what exactly it falls under.)

So far I've tried to do a WILD on two separate occasions, by going, "1 *inhale*, I'm dreaming *exhale*, 2, I'm dreaming, 3, I'm dreaming..."

The first time, I didn't even try that hard, I was in a comfortable chair and the light was on, I just wanted to get used to the feeling of it. The second time I tried more seriously, I was laying comfortable in bed after a WBTB. Neither were successful, but I didn't expect too much.

What happens to me is that after a while, my mind starts to 'drift' as it were and visualizations of random things pop into my head. Like, a cheese factory, or a waffle iron. Or a nonsensical snippet of speech. I don't consciously decide to think of these things, I just find myself thinking about them, but they are only very very slightly more vivid than something I would be consciously thinking of. These things would often cause me to briefly lose count. Once I resumed count the train of thought ended. Is this what hypnagogia is?

On my second attempt, I kept going through a few of those until I got to "93, I'm dreaming" and I had what I assume is called the hypnic jerk, am I correct? I moved my arm but I didn't consciously move it. It just moved and jolted me fully awake (yes I did a reality check). After that I gave up and hoped for a DILD which didn't come either.

So do my descriptions fit those terms? And how do I push on past those things, and what can I expect to feel next?