I see black and white dreams when awake

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I am lying in bed, trying to go to sleep. I am at a place between being awake and being asleep, I think. I usually see people gathered somewhere and I can see them talking and gesturing. These people are too far away for me to read their lips, but they all seem to know each other. I see these dreamlike images on the back of my eyelids. I am awake, but very relaxed and seem to be teetering on the verge of sleep, but I cant get there. I have insomnia. I've had insomnia since I was about 20. I always wonder what these people are doing or saying. They just stand around. There is no apparent surroundings. I wonder if this is something other people experience during sleep. It almost feels like a trance state of mind when nearing sleep. But it often still takes awhile to actually sleep.