Seeing faces when I closed my eyes

[mcdwg]

I was doing some school work around 2 in the morning, I decided to sit on the couch and close my eyes; at that point I was already in that stage of wanting to go to sleep but I was still awake.  All of a sudden I started seeing these faces forming in front of me, they'd be like mist forming into faces of a man with mouth open or man with serious face or woman just staring back.  I don't get creeped out easily since I have never had a bad experience but this did give me the chills, first time ever that happened to me.  I just opened my eyes and that was it.

I've heard that when you are in sleep paralysis you may hear sounds and see images that are not there and this is just a creation of the mind the hipnagogic stage but I have had sleep paralysis since I was a kid not as frequent anymore but other than the vibrations and buzzing I have never heard or seen anything and these images I saw started just a few seconds after I closed my eyes.

What do you think it was?  My creation?  Something else?

Thanks

[Astralsuzy]

There is nothing to worry about.   It cannot hurt you.   It is a good sign if you want to ap.   It happens to me.   I do not know why it happens.   I tend to think it comes from the mind.   A long time ago, I changed a figure into a half pig and half man by using my mind.   I do not know why I wanted to do that.

[Szaxx]

I get the odd vision too when tired. These appear and the physical view dissapears, they are very clear and I usually see them for real later. This could be many years later.