I wake up and think something is wrong...

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This happens to me about once a week on average. I will go to sleep and then suddenly wake up a short while later and think something is wrong. Like for example last night I woke up and thought there was something spilled on my nightstand. I run around frantic trying to find a towel or something to clean up the mess, and then realize there is nothing spilled, get irritated and go back to sleep.

Or another time I woke up frantic that there was a huge spider under my bed. I wake up, turn on the light, start lifting up the sheets and blankets and realize there is nothing there.

Or another time I thought that I had spilled some cereal in my bed so I start ripping off the blankets and sheets until I realize there is nothing wrong. Its all in my head

The thing is that at the time it seems super real which is why I start to kinda panic.
This is super annoying and it usually happens within the first 2 hours of having gone to sleep. I have a pretty good feeling it is just a strong dream that I somehow connect with actual life but it is irritating to have a mini panic attack so often.

Does this ever happen to anybody else?

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  • moonlightshield
    9 years ago

    I think you've experienced lucid dreams. That's why you think you saw something on your bed(while semi-concious) and them when you were fully awake you saw that there wasn't anything there. It's a gap between being awake and asleep that makes us do things,hear and see things that aren't real. That's very common actually, so don't worry!

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  • KittySchizo
    12 years ago

    It happens to me sometimes. You should take a sleeping medication to knock you right out.

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  • christine
    14 years ago

    It is good that you only wake up thinking that MINOR things are wrong. I had a dream once that my fiance was cheating and it was so real that I woke up and started yelling at him- he was totally bewildered.

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  • Shadow1207
    14 years ago

    My friends mom has it. It's some kind of anxiety disorder, And I can't recall the clinical name at the moment, but If It's not severe now, I would suggest seeking medical advise.

    Sometimes when I'm over, she wakes up screaming; "OH NO, GET THE KIDS, WE GOTTA GO NOW GET UP!!!", and other things.

    Sometimes she think's that relatives have just been involved in tragic accidents, etc...

    It's a disorder, seek medical advise A.S.A.P.

    D:

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  • cakeisnottheanswer
    14 years ago

    This happens to me all the time, though usually I think something bad has happened that hasn't. Once I looked down at my alarm once after waking up, thought it said it was seven thirty and ran around crazily getting ready for school. I was screaming at my brother to get up, because I thought we were late, and I couldn't understand why he wouldn't get up. When I looked at the alarm and saw that it said 11:30 I felt pretty crazy..... Waking up in the middle of a dream can be a bit weird sometimes, but it happens to everybody. I wouldn't really be that concerned about it unless it's really terrifying/bothering you.

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  • [Old Memory]
    14 years ago

    Probably everyone has had the experience of a dream confused with reality for a while when awakening. But your things seem less obviously connected to a dream, regular, intense and anxious. Too much caffeine maybe? I dunno, but maybe you should chat with your doctor.

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  • bitti_
    14 years ago

    Well, it never happened to me to that exteme, but I often wake up with something on my mind, something I believe it's the complete truth (and it's always crazy and strange ideas) and after a minute or two I realize that it's all crap. But it's so lucid when I wake up...So that's probably what you're experiencing. (sorry for my bad english)

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  • roymer
    14 years ago

    There is bridge between when you are sleeping and when you are waking up. There is a short time in which you still feel in the dream but you are able to consciously do activities in reality. I belive it is somewhat normal, as it happened to me on several occasions...

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