Usually, when I fall asleep there are gaps in my consciousness. It goes: awake, gap, dream, gap, awake.
In other words, there is no continuity of consciousness between the wakeful state and the dream state.
However, last night there was a continuity. I was able to have conscience of myself falling asleep, entering dreamland, dreaming, coming out of dreamland, and being awake again. This cycle repeated itself three times.
Previously, the closest I came to this was that sometimes I'd be conscious of pulling back at the last minute. In this case, I wouldn't actually fall asleep, I'd progressively go towards sleep, but pull back at the last minute.
