Hello everyone. I do apologise if I've posted in the wrong section. I thought this looked like the best place to get some advice on what happened to me last night.

After searching the internet, I think I experienced a false awakening. I'm still very shaken by it now.

I was having a very vivid dream about having to go to an event with a friend and choose our meals, and also a party in which my boyfriend was in attendance. I don't quite know when it slipped into what I assume was a false awakening, but first of all I was aware of lying down in my bed with my eyes closed. I had the strangest awareness that I wasn't awake, but it felt like I was. After lying uncomfortably aware for a while, I decided that I'd sit up to see if was awake, and try to shake the feeling off. I remember sitting up and rubbing my face, and feeling an almost drunk feeling, slightly dizzy. I hadn't been drinking at all that evening. It was raining heavily that night and was very windy, and I can remember seeing the rain but not hearing it or the wind, and now I think about it, when I rubbed my face I can't really remember the sensation of having the hand on my face. My room also felt very strange to me, like something was out of place and that I wasn't really sat there. I led back down almost immediately after doing this, and the thought ran through my head that I should phone my boyfriend because I was so scared. I reached for my phone, and expecting it to be about 3 am, I saw it was 12.46. I was really suprised at the time because I had gone to bed around 11, and there was a part of me saying that it wasn't the right time at all and thought it must be part of what I was experiencing. I think this is when I came to, and fell back into normal sleep straightaway

I would really appreciate any insight into my experience to help me better understand it and not feel so shocked, even now! Thank you for reading.