Abrupt dream end with a scare

[Jalexxi]

I just remembered a dream I had when I was younger. I don't remember much of the details, but I know I saw my mother sitting in her room with her back towards me. When I called her, she didn't respond, which I thought very strange. I pinched myself to see if this was a dream, and I didn't feel anything. I thought, 'This must be a dream'. As soon as I thought that, the dream collapsed in a cacophony of sounds (sounded like bells) and the image turned black with a few gray spots, and I then I was sitting in my bed sweating, as the sounds came totally without warning and scared me to death. Why would this happen as a response to attaining lucidity? And has anyone had a similar experience? (On a more pleasant note, this brings the total number of accidental lucid dreams that I can remember to 4! Yay me!)

[nightowl]

there have been people who have heard sounds while entering dreams, but i've never heard of accounts where they heard it while leaving. I have no idea why you heard something so deafening while leaving your dreams, but there's also a good chance that it was one of those once in a life time dreams. See if it keeps happening BTW, for most in the beginning, maintaing a dream can be difficult and the slightest lucidity can awaken one. As you gain more experience, you'll see it is easier to stay within the dream

[Jalexxi]

It is strange, though. At the time, I wasn't trying to get a lucid dream, so I don't think there was any excitement at all to wake up from. It was more matter-of-factly. Also, the cacophony and the rapid degrading of the image were in direct response to the realization that this was a dream. There was no fading or feeling that the dream was ending, just those sudden loud sounds and the lost image. I think it lasted a second before I woke up, but the details are blurry. Also, the entire atmosphere of the dream was eerie, like it should have been a nightmare. It's almost like my subconscious was like "Well, you ruined that for me. Oh well, here's the scare anyway.". Another thought just crossed my mind. Though I don't think that was the case, maybe I didn't become lucid at all. Maybe what I experienced was just the nightmare, nothing more nothing less, and my pinching myself and the realization were just part of the script. If this was the case, it was a pretty unconventional nightmare, though.

[nightowl]

If this was the case, it was a pretty unconventional nightmare, though.[/b] O_o indeed.....