Thread: Realize I'm dreaming, and this happens

This has happened a lot to me lately and it's really annoying.

Last night is a good example

Near the end of my dream, I was in a bathroom (in between trying to be killed by certain people) and then I realized I was dreaming.. I tried to teleport myself, even saying the name of the place, trying to imagine it, but instead, all I got was reappearing in a large hall and the character trying to kill me began to mock me for trying to teleport away from him..

I'm pretty sure this happens to a lot of people
But when I suddenly reach the level in which I have a good awareness that I'm dreaming
and am eager to teleport, nothing happens... or if I actually do teleport, I end up getting half of what I desired and then having that scene end short by unknowingly taking an elevator or escalator into a different setting