Heeeyy! I haven't been here in a while but I figured this site would be the best place to ask something that has been bothering me since lots of people on here are so knowledgeable.

I rarely nap because when I wake up I'm disoriented out of my mind. I looked it up and that feeling seems to be pretty common after naps, which makes sense. But I didn't see anything about unusual dreams. Is that normal?

About three hours ago I fell asleep listening to music. I woke up, took my earphones out, and went back to sleep. But I had a really weird dream. The kind that isn't necessarily scary in context, but rather in feeling.

I remember being in a bed in a weird room in the dream and when I opened my eyes there was a window open in front of me so I got up and closed it because I felt unsafe. The whole time I knew I somewhat understood that I was dreaming and would try to control it but it just didn't work (I haven't actually tried controlling my dreams in a really long time so maybe I'm outta practice?). Every time I woke myself up to get out of it, I ended up slipping back in and it was starting to freak me out because I couldn't escape it.

Usually when I have dreams like this, it's after taking Nyquil or some other medicine that knocks me out.

Sorry if I don't make any sense or if it's in the wrong section. I'm still pretty disoriented.

In short, why is it that when I take a nap I have the same weird feeling "type" of dream that I have when I take Nyquil?