Extremely Vivid thoughts and AP

[astralgoob]

Hello guys,

Lately I have been trying to Astral Project and I've been finding some good amount of success. The main thing I run into is that I have to induce Extremely Vivid "thoughts" to have a Sleep Paralysis. These thoughts are almost like a dream but the thoughts are completely random ( basically its random thoughts, or people, patterns, etc. that start to form when I'm thinking consciously right before I fall asleep). So far from my experience, I am not able to have SP without going through this stage. For example, I was having this really vivid thought today and I was conscious but was unable to control the thought. Right after I experienced Sleep Paralysis I got my conscious back and was able to project. The thing about these Vivid thoughts are that I just have to "follow" the thought. It's like my subconscious takes control but I still have some conscious left. Sleep Paralysis doesn't happen in this stage so I am 100% sure that it's not a dream. Has anyone here experienced anything like this?