It’s like a daydream in that most of it is mental, but there are occasional visual images & physical sensations with it. Also there is no control over it, it just unfolds like a weird, nonsensical story. It used to happen to me more during my first psychotic episode and the fallout after, could get very intense. If I tried to tear myself away from the images I would get a terrible migraine so I just had/have to watch until they play out. Sometimes they’re completely surreal. Sometimes not. I just had one now but it was quite disturbing (they aren’t always) and may be triggering to some so I won’t share it. What is this…I’ve never found an answer
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Maybe it’s my sleep disorder. So my brain going into dream state. I dunno.
I used to have these more often when a lot younger. But I still get ones where I suddenly awake when I feel like falling 
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I used to get sleep paralysis and dissociation where insane things would happen, but that’s not the same.
It seems a normal wake sleep cycle is very important 
Yeah I’ve also got sleep paralysis and dissociation. It’s definitely not sleep paralysis bc I know what that feels like. I did wonder if it could be a type of dissociation, because I’ve experienced it while dissociating before but I’m not sure. I’m definitely not really “present” here when they’re going on, it’s bizarre though especially when my eyes are open and it’s happening bc then it’s like my eyes are giving me a different message about what’s going on than my brain is. My eyes will see the room in front of me but my brain is seeing something else, if that makes sense.
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All the time in the early stages of my disease. I just chalked it up as flashbacks from all the LSD I used when I was young. It eventually went away.