What would you call this? (dream topic)

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When I was 6 I went to bed one night (top bunk) but I did not go to sleep. I saw That the carpet appeared to be waves. The Pirate ship toy chest that we had could shoot cannon balls out of the front post of wood (odd I know). The Cassettes on the dresser were set up like AT-ST's (2 of them) that could shoot lasers. And my 90's style jacket was a cat.

I am pretty sure I was saying out loud what should happen, like when the ship should shoot cannon balls, but mostly I watched, might have just thought it and it happened. The reason I know I was awake is that I called my parents in at least 3 times because it was really cool. As soon as they turned the light on then it turned back to normal. This does not seem like a lucid dream because I was awake during this. Obviously at 6 years old I wasn't taking any drugs, just don't know what this would be called and always thought this memory was really odd.

Or has anyone experienced something like this?

I had weird experiences like that when I was a little kid as well, not sure what caused it...closest I can get to any of those weird experiences I had then would be to take psychedelics.

Alexender, it sounds like you had some hypnagogic hallucinations. some people have those before they fall asleep (i used to have them as a child, and i would get scared).

http://www.sleep.com/content/hypnagogic-hallucinations

i find this idea fascinating (as an adult) because it's a strange dreamlike state that is neither awake nor fully asleep.

I had a lot of those as a child.

@hyperlexian - Sounds like something to look up, but feeling too tired right now.