Can anyone relate to these experiences I'm having? In multiple LDs I've had, dream characters have gotten in my way, making it so I can't progress. Like for instance, I'll be walking in a straight line and they will get right in front of me, preventing me from going anywhere. I try to go right and they do too, getting in my way.

Dream characters have also beat me up and set me on fire in order to make me more lucid and aware. The pain I felt and the act of visually seeing myself get beat up would cause me to realize, to a greater extent than before, that none of it is real. I'm starting to think that there is a lot more to these dreams then I had originally thought. Once, when someone with a big stick was about to beat me up (note that this was around the 3rd time I experienced that, so when I saw her walk up the stairs with a large stick I knew immediately what was about to go down), I started to get really scared. At this she remarked "You know you're only making this harder on yourself".

I know some people believe in dream guides and such, but how do you make sense of it all? These seem like real people to me! It just doesn't make any sense...

Any thoughts?