Hi, just wondrering if anyone else has experienced this. My earliest memory of it is when I was about 4 or 5. I’m now 27 so it’s been occurring for most of my life.
I’m basically dreaming but then become aware that I’m dreaming and I’m trying frantically to wake myself up. Normally in this situation I’m dreaming that I’m in my room, in bed and I’m doing everything in my power to wake myself up. I’m screaming, throwing myself off the bed but nothing!!! I’m terrified I’ll never wake up but then after what feels like forever I’ll open my eyes and I’ll feel so relieved!
I think it tends to happen when I’m stressed. I remember on one occasion it happening right after my grandma died. In the dream, i was walking around my flat and felt a presence which I believed was my grandma. I suddenly became aware I was dreaming and was scared to death that I was going to see my grandma and again was frantically trying to wake myself up.
It is the most bizzare experience. I’ve done a little research and for a while I believed it was sleep paralysis but now I’m not sure if it’s lucid dreaming?
Like I said it appears to happen when I’m stressed but it’s not often! Only happens once in a while. Has anyone else experienced this?