Hi, I'm new to DreamViews. I first heard about lucid dreams a few years ago but I haven't become interested in it until yesterday.

So, just some background information... I've only been able to recall dreams once every few months, probably because I have been on an irregular sleeping schedule for the past two years, especially recently because of exam week. In a discussion with a few friends, I thought I could use lucid dreams as a way to inspire me to go back to a regular sleeping pattern.

I thought I would start off with increasing my dream recall by chanting, "I'm going to remember my dreams." After an hour of chanting, I start drifting off into a semi-conscious state. Then I see these scenes, about 10 seconds in length, 4 in less than half an hour. They're unrelated, obscure and I have a hard time remembering them. I kept bouncing back and forth from having these to being fully conscious and now I can't really go back to sleep.

This is strange because I usually just fall asleep once I go to bed and especially strange since I've never directly went from being conscious to having dreams, even when I was on a regular sleeping schedule.

Are these scenes dreams? And is this normal or am I suffering from a sleeping disorder?
Any advice or something from experience would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!