lately i have been experiencing really strong vibrations as i'm falling asleep. I have also experienced weird shadow halllucinations and really loud noises. Like, deafeningly loud noises of some creature walking just above me. It feels like i'm awake, but it might be just increased awareness in the early stages of dreaming. . .

i'll admit, the last couple of times it happened (once it was like these vibrations woke me up in the middle of the night) it has scared the absolute crap out of me so much that i suspended my dreaming practices for a while.

Has anyone else experienced these kind of sensations as they are in the first stages of sleep? or at the periods where you wake up at night?