I have been reading a lot on this forum, and in the DV Academy posts, I tried the chat room, but couldn't figure out how to go to the room where you can ask about lucid dreams, so I just left it, didn't want to feel like a stalker in the regular room by not participating.

But I have noticed this every time I sleep, or even when I close my eyes and imagine being inside one of the dreams I have had, or a dream that I would like to have, I lose the ability to hear and see outside reality. I sleep with a sound machine, always set to rain or a waterfall, and there will be times where I won't consciously be able to hear it, but I will hear what I am imagining. I have always had this weird ability to be able to recreate voices in my head of people I have heard talk, and manipulate their voices as well. And the other sense that I easily imagine with is touch and sometimes taste.

Would this be a form of transitioning into a dream, even if I'm not really that close to sleep?