As I've written here before, I don't hear "voices"; I just see what's being said by spirits as writing (maybe because I'm a writer--the problem is when I get distracted by mentally correcting spelling and grammar!   ).

But I've been thinking about something that's always been the case with me, and wondering if it's just something everyone does, or if it's something else.  I often know that I'm about to fall asleep because, although I'm still awake, I'll "hear" odd bits of conversation, often in different voices, accents, and genders.  What's said usually sounds like nonsense to me, but when I think about it it could make perfect sense to someone else, in context.  I always figured that my mind was just letting itself slip a little in preparation for sleep and dreaming.

A few months ago, though, it happened in the middle of the night, in greater detail.  (It's possible that it happened as I was waking up rather than going to sleep.) I seemed to be talking to a young man on the phone, and in the background I could hear other voices saying things like, "Go on--you can do it!" as if they were goading someone on to something.  The young man said something to me like, "Do I sound suicidal"?  I think I went into counselor mode at that point, and started talking to him as I would anyone talking about suicide, but then it ended.  The following day, though, I think I "met" the young man again, as a spirit of a teen who may have been gay, and apparently was goaded by other teens to take his own life.  We "talked" for a few weeks, and then he seemed to leave.

So it just left me wondering if thoses voices I hear before sleep are NOT, in fact, so random, and if maybe I was hearing from spirits for longer than I've been thinking I had.  Or, again, it could just be what everyone does!  I just never thought to ask anyone.  (It's like the high-pitched sound I've often heard for a few seconds in one ear or another, all my life.  I always thought that everyone had that, but I asked my husband and he had no idea what I was talking about!  Now I recognize that I hear that sound when a spirit is near and wants my attention.  Before I always just assumed that I was listening to music at too high a volume!)

Thanks,

Doe

oh, boy.  I'll ditto those questions.....
I'm definately wanting to hear opinions on these.
and lights.  what about the sparkly dots of light that always make me laugh and smile.  The dots of light I call faery lights and they light up my gardens everywhere.  And no, they are not lightening bugs and my neices and nephews, exhusband etc will "investigate" and try to catch them.  Uncatchable, of course. The faery lights are special to me.  
I'm quite excited to see these questions, and hope to people's thoughts.
thanks, Doe.

I'm not really a visual or audible person by choice but I've seen white dots before. Like fireflies but with a white glow and very tiny.

As fare as the post, I always interpreted that high pitch sound as energy.I took it as if an an energy force or being was close it would make a low to high pitched hum.

I understand that electrical equipment can produce a very similar experience, but its not the same but to me can sound identical.

Hi Doe
As you go to sleep you will get to a point when you go from awakened state to alpha, beta theta state or altered state . When all is calm and quiet that spirts have a better chance to get your attention. Its a cool thing to go through. These days they come and go through my mind without waiting for a altered state to happen.
But when i was young they started by waiting for me to sleep.
By lowering your bain wave patterns to get to an altered state through meditation you wil get there quicker.
As a side note meditation and visulization are wonderful tools to vastly improve your abilities.
White spots .. i cant help you with i usually get free floating large forms or side movement flashes.
Cheers Pete

i've had that happen to me, bf takes that time to sometimes talk to me and visit. and i've had other spirits just be a pain in the ass and go "HEY!!!" everytime i'm about to go to sleep hate when they do that!