Seeing shapes and other strange things when I am trying to sleep

19 Male.

I have this issue that occurs seemingly at random. I suffered from no known mental or sleep related issues. This issue comes and goes seemingly at random. The only thing I can trace it to is when I am having trouble sleeping. I have my eyes closed when this happens, and I am preparing to sleep. However, my mind will still be active, and I will not be close to sleep.

What happens is I see shapes. A square, triangle, and circle. Just those three. Sometimes I see all three, sometimes just two, but I always see at least two.

They are always inside each other, the biggest is on the outside, smaller on the inside, but all the shapes can be the biggest or smallest.

For example, the square could be the biggest, with a smaller but still large triangle inside. Then there is always one incredibly small shape in the middle. Just barely big enough to make out its shape.

Most often the circle is in the smallest, but not always. Sometimes there are all three sizes represented, but only two shapes used.

The biggest can be so big it seems to take up all my vision.

These shapes appear on a completely white background devoid of any other features. They are black, and perfect. In the way that the lines of the square and triangle are all of perfect lengths and perfectly straight. The circle is perfectly round.

These visions come unbidden. I could be thinking about something completely unrelated and they pop into my head. The only way to dismiss them is by opening my eyes. Though closing them could bring them back. I can't return to my original thought. These shapes seem to dominate my mind. Eventually they will leave. These episodes never lasting more than a few minutes. I can't summon them back. I can think of shapes of course, but it is different somehow.

I also experience strange perceptions so to speak. I will be thinking about something and then it will zoom out until I can just barely make out what is there. There will be nothing behind what I am envisioning. Just that same white background.

Say for example that I am thinking about a scene in a movie. All of the sudden it will zoom out until I can just barely see that scene, but there is a huge white background behind it.

Another way to describe would be if you put a projector really close to the surface it was projecting onto. I am talking like 6 inches away.

These visions are uncontrollable to the best of my knowledge. They don't seem to have many triggers except when my sleep patterns become abnormal. The last time I can remember having them regularly was the summer before last. I had immense trouble sleeping during that time, and they became noticeable then. Though they had happen before they were never so intense.

Recently I've been incredibly tired. I have started going to sleep early at night (9:00-9:30) because I was sleeping for 12 hours plus (still am). As well as many as three naps a day that can last anywhere from 30 minutes to three hours. Anytime I get bored my head starts swimming so to speak. I am not necessarily dizzy, but my head feels incredibly light and wavy.

Any help?

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