Unfortunately I didn't have the opportunity to post about this when it was still fresh in my mind. It has been reoccurring but not to the same extent as the first time it happened - which was probably around 2 weeks ago.
I often have difficulty waking from dreams, and often tend to wake up in what I call 'layers' - I will wake up in my childhood home, realise I don't live there anymore - then wake up and get dressed or put on some socks in another bed, and then realise that's not my home either so I must still be dreaming. What is scary about this, is I often 'tell' myself to wake up when I am having a disturbing dream, and I will 'wake up' into one of these layers and often get 'sucked' back down into the bad dream.
What happened on this particular occasion 2 weeks ago - was I distinctly remember dreaming about 6-8 different dreams, that seemed to dip into each other and merge in places during events - yet when I was thinking about them upon waking it felt as though I had dreamed them simultaneously. As I was trying to fully wake, I had one hand on my lower back, and I think the other was underneath me - I remember feeling as though I could not move my hand but that I was 'observing' the sensation of being able to 'feel' my back with that hand. That may have been sleep paralysis but it seemed slightly different to other times that I've experienced it.
I remember thinking to myself, as the different yet 'simultaneous' dreams were being observed; "Is this it? Is the wave here? Am I seeing all of this at the same 'time' because something is happening or changing?"
I need to write my thoughts down when they are 'fresher' =) So hopefully I can articulate myself in a more understandable way!
In any case - I was wondering if anyone else had noticed any difference to their dreams, not necessarily in content, but the way their dreams happen or the way they are remembering them upon waking?
I often have difficulty waking from dreams, and often tend to wake up in what I call 'layers' - I will wake up in my childhood home, realise I don't live there anymore - then wake up and get dressed or put on some socks in another bed, and then realise that's not my home either so I must still be dreaming. What is scary about this, is I often 'tell' myself to wake up when I am having a disturbing dream, and I will 'wake up' into one of these layers and often get 'sucked' back down into the bad dream.
What happened on this particular occasion 2 weeks ago - was I distinctly remember dreaming about 6-8 different dreams, that seemed to dip into each other and merge in places during events - yet when I was thinking about them upon waking it felt as though I had dreamed them simultaneously. As I was trying to fully wake, I had one hand on my lower back, and I think the other was underneath me - I remember feeling as though I could not move my hand but that I was 'observing' the sensation of being able to 'feel' my back with that hand. That may have been sleep paralysis but it seemed slightly different to other times that I've experienced it.
I remember thinking to myself, as the different yet 'simultaneous' dreams were being observed; "Is this it? Is the wave here? Am I seeing all of this at the same 'time' because something is happening or changing?"
I need to write my thoughts down when they are 'fresher' =) So hopefully I can articulate myself in a more understandable way!
In any case - I was wondering if anyone else had noticed any difference to their dreams, not necessarily in content, but the way their dreams happen or the way they are remembering them upon waking?