Is it normal to have a nightmare, know your in it and can't wake up

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Last night, I had on of my most bizarre dreams, besides the anthro dreams. I had a nightmare that I was on my bed and couldn't move. I was paralyzed and the craziest thing is I knew it was a dream and couldn't wake up. Nothing was bonding my arms and legs together, and I had no clothes on, which made me realize it was a dream. It started to scare me after an hour passed and I couldn't even talk or move my mouth, but after two hours of being fuckin scared, I finally woke up, screaming at the top of my lungs. Can someone please tell me this was normal.

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  • Austinpowers
    12 years ago

    same here

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  • Kellosolus
    13 years ago

    I know I dream, and that I'm simply not remembering said dream, and no this isn't to sound masculine or mature, but I forget my dreams by the time I wake up. :/

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  • Risen_beauty
    13 years ago

    If you know you are in the dream (they are called lucid dreams btw) try telling yourself to open your eyes. Keep telling yourself to do that until you do. That's what I do and it works every time. To help forget about nightmares, or at least take your mind off, look out the window. Assuming you don't live in Detroit or something close to it, just focus on the stars and the streets and realize everything is okay.

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  • [Old Memory]
    13 years ago

    It's called sleep paralysis
    I have it..pretty terrifying but harmless to your health or safety as far as I know
    Look up ways to prevent it on google like a certain diet or sleep patterns
    This helped me ! Good luck

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  • [Old Memory]
    13 years ago

    me either like u

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  • sparrowfeed
    13 years ago

    i've had that before several times.
    i've 'woken up' and my body felt numb. i was half-conscious of being in a dream. also, i feel as though i could leave my body. my head will be lying on the pillow, but i'll rise out of myself to look at the alarm clock. the time will almost always be messed up.

    i used to get really nervous about it and it made it worse. now, when i feel something like that (happens when i fall asleep in the morning) i simply relax. i'll fall back into sleeping and it will go away or i'll wake up.

    the anxiety surrounding this is actually what makes it worse.

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  • dunkenballs4
    13 years ago

    my daddy always told me (he dead now lol) dat if you know you in a dream then you can control the dream. derefore u can control the dream and not make it a nightmare

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  • SwimBikeRun
    13 years ago

    Dreams last a few minutes. Not seconds. But anyway. Google 'sleep paralysis.'. Do you think that's what it might have been? I have a friend who recently described the same thing happening to her. Sounds scary!

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  • BUGABOO-666-
    13 years ago

    That's fuckin' scary as hell.

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  • sherry
    13 years ago

    Very normal and terrifying. There is a phenomenon during REM sleep when you are paralysed.

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  • neppy
    13 years ago

    It may have seemed like an hour, but no dream lasts for more than three seconds. What's really weird is how you couldn't wake up. I always wake up instantly when I realize I'm dreaming.

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