Dream that comes over on reality side with me when I first wake up

[MockingbirdOxygen]

Has anyone else ever had this happen to them? I wake up and see things, almost like I am dreaming but I always know I'm awake. I don't necessarily remember if I was actually dreaming about them at the time that I wake up, all I know is that I'm awake, I'm sitting up in bed with my eyes wide open, and there is a spider dangling over me by a thread, for example, I'll be swatting at it like crazy, and I know I'm awake, but suddenly it's not there anymore, but I've been awake the whole time...I had this happen one time with some kind of black anvil looking thing coming down over my head...I woke up in bed looked at the ceiling, and this thing was coming down on me, and it was so real that I jumped over my fiance out of the bed and injured myself trying to avoid this thing.
I wondered if it could be some sort of astral projection that is making me see these things like they are so real, like my body woke up too soon and I had to jump back in it quickly or something, so I was still seeing the images? Is that possible? I don't have any conscious memories of astral projection, except for maybe once, and I'm not even sure about that.
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[Rick]

I sometimes have a hard time waking up from certain dreams. My mate will be speaking to me, & I can hear her, I can open my eyes, but it's like my brain won't stop playing the dream, or the dream won't stop 'cuz it hasn't reached a conclusion, or somethin'... nad it's always those really vivid dreams. like where you can smell the dust or the rain, feel textures, like that... probably in reality it's just the part of the brain that controls dreams not shutting down when the eyes open, ya know, a physiological or chemical cause (the science of sleep, much less dreams, is by no means well understood)... but I'd like to think that it's more like whatever message is 'incoming' isn't finished, or hasn't shown enough important info yet, etc...

[audi]

wow. interesting! :) *hugs*

[1111]

Almost every single time I wake up. It was a running joke with my ex-husband and I. I always saw something and it was never really there. From people, to spiders, to bugs, to just anything. Very freaky. It never matters how long I wait to open my eyes, there is still alwasy something there. I will be interested to see if any one has any good insight on what this is.

Know you are not alone.


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[trippingdaisy]

this happens to me all the time. it scares the hell out of my boyfriend. I know I'm awake, but I still respond to what is going on in the dream. I dont know why, but I usually start crying, too. bizarre........