Hi Jojo, welcome to DV!
I am nowhere near a sleep expert, and I honestly don't know much about the technical side of sleep and dreams but you mentioned that they told you you could go to sleep very quickly. Does this mean you can quickly go into REM phase? From what I know, REM is the deepest phase of sleep where most dreams and lucid dreams take place. If you have the ability to get into that quickly, then it would make sense (to me) that you would also get the hallucinations quickly. Actually, they might not be hallucinations as much as they are dreams already, from what it looks like. Perhaps the reason why they are very vivid is that you are already in a fairly deep state of sleep quickly so the dreams come quicker, and since you were just previously awake, you retain that waking awareness once you start dreaming.
There is a method of getting into a lucid dream called WILD or Wake-Induced Lucid Dream. The main difference between WILD and DILD (Dream-Induced Lucid Dream) is that in DILD, you fall asleep normally and get lucid from within the dream. Whereas in WILD, you are awake, and as your body starts falling asleep, you retain mental wakefulness so you start dreaming and know you are dreaming without drifting into unconsciousness in between. Your ability seems like it would be a very very big advantage with WILDing, you might want to check it out: WILD Oh and to help familiarize with the acronyms: http://www.dreamviews.com/introducti...beginners.html
This is just from my perspective, so I could be wrong. Next time, when you start to go to sleep, try paying attention to the hallucinations as they start and try to control them. You can influence them with your own imagination, and perhaps they'll change to what you force them to be. Do not be afraid of putting yourself in danger, as they are all in your mind and you are very safe even if you feel like you're not (which is very common). One other thing you might like to try is to practice visualization, this can really help with adjusting to or controlling the imagery you get as you fall asleep. http://www.dreamviews.com/dream-yoga...-training.html You can use those hallucinations to your advantage!
Sorry for the hefty reply! I hope it helps and good luck~
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