Ive had this for years and always presumed its just a sleep/waking crossover but my friend said its weird!
I lived in my old house for 13 years and this house for 2 and it's happened in both houses. I don't remember it happening as a kid or before I left home. Sometimes I've thought it was my daughter stood about to fall out of her cot and now she's older and sleeps in my bed sometimes I think she's stood up and about to fall. A few nights ago I woke and 'saw a tall male figure stood over me, I gasped and shouted(perhaps only in a dream) my son's name thinking it was him as he is tall.
I never remember the dreams leading up to these moments and as soon as my eyes focus I see nothing and can go back to sleep.
If I thought it was a ghost I may burn my house down!
No other strange goings on and I think it happened before my Grandma passed in 2012 who is the only close relative I have lost as an adult.
So is it just me or is it a known phenomena? Or is it a spirt world sign?!
I'm inclined to think an angel wouldn't frighten me from my sleep!