Hello everyone,
I had this odd experience a couple of days back when I was trying to sleep earlier than usual. I was in bed and wasn't able to sleep but I was thinking and must have been lost in my thoughts, if there is such a thing. Anyways, on to the experience.
I think I was eventually lost in my thoughts or something like that, because, the next thing I remember is being in some scene which was slight greyish. The best explanation is those black and white movies with the fuzziness, but, it was mostly greyish. In the scene, there were some metal doors in the distance and I see something like a women move infront of them towards the left wall. I think I was conscious during this, because, I knew where I was, who that person is, etc..... If anyone here has played the pc game FEAR(I gave the demo a try), then they would understand this next part. I knew that the thing moving infront of those doors was Alma from the game and I knew that once she turned to the left and saw me, she'll come racing towards me. To me, it sounds like I was thinking straight during this. Anyways, guess what happened? She looked, raced towards me and I jerked out of the thought dream due to the shock, but, I wasn't sweating or anything like that. I wasn't really terrified either. So, my first question is, is this considered an LD? I didn't remark to myself that I am dreaming, but, it seemed that I was conscious during it, otherwise, I wouldn't have known what might occur next and since dreams work on expectation, then it seems this was the case. Second question, I wasn't able to sleep right away, but, instead was lost in my thoughts as I recall, could this mean that I had this during an NREM period, because, if it couldn't have been REM, since, I wasn't tired enough to have a REM rebound and I think I was in bed for less than the 1.5h before the first REM period starts?