Hullo

This has happened to me several times now. I realise I'm dreaming, then go into a state where I appear to be conscious whilst asleep. Instead of my dream becoming real, I am just left alone with my thoughts. I'm able to spin around, which is quite fun, but there's no particular visual aspect, other than occasional daydream-like flashes.

After I realise nothing much is happening, I always wake myself up. At that point, it all appears to be nothing more than a dream. I initially concluded that's all it was, but it's happened enough times now for me to know that I do attain some degree of consciousness in this state. Gah. Why doesn't it turn into a lucid dream?