Dreams may be in your head, but your head is still attached to your body...
Sure, Hecaloth, DC's can "touch" your body, but it is more likely that your body is reacting to the dream itself than it is a DC actually reaching into reality and touching your hand (which doesn't happen, as far as I know).
Your physical body is still attached to you, even though you are generally not aware of this during NLD's. If something dramatic happens to you in the dream, your body might just provide a little REM-Atonia-defying reaction. This happens frequently, especially during nightmares, when a dreamer's physical body might start screaming due to the scary action; it also can happen during dream sex, when a wet dream occurs due to the action. Actually feeling a hand grab yours seems a bit more rare, but if the dream is intense, your body might just create a signal that tells your physical brain that someone is touching you. Dreams can be powerfully influential events, and sometimes your body's signalling system can't help but join in the action.
It doesn't seem to be the case here, but sometimes it's your physical body that is invading your dream. For instance, you may have fallen asleep on your hand, and the posture was becoming uncomfortable, even painful, enough to send a signal into your dream. The more common of this sort of thing is when you have a dream about searching for a bathroom and wake up needing to pee (or, worse, finding a bathroom with a functional toilet and waking up in a puddle).
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