Usually when i'm in a dream and something seems out of the ordinary i'll pinch myself to see if im awake or not. If it doesn't hurt i automatically know its a dream and i wake myself up. However, these past few days, i'll wake up in my room like usual but im still in my dream.
For example, last night i was having a nightmare when all of a sudden i realized i was dreaming so i tried to wake up. I woke up in my room as if it was real life except i was still dreaming and i knew i was still dreaming. So i walked around my room, throwing stuff around making a mess and tried closing my eyes tightly, but all that happens is i wake up in my bed still in a dream, back where i started, everything perfectly in order again. Also, i really have no control over anything, i just know that im dreaming. This happens about 5 or 6 times before i actually wake up and i have to keep pinching myself every time it restarts because it looks so real. I was just wondering if anyone can tell me why this is happening and if theres anyway to make it stop... or at least something that will actually wake me up. its been almost two weeks now that this is happening