Last night was a bit rough for me. I had a difficult time falling asleep and then woke up at 2am. It was not until a little before 4am when I fell asleep again and tumbled into a chain of false awakenings (I cannot tell if it was one dream with many false awakenings or each awakening was a dream in itself). It was surprisingly emotional for me... I experienced mostly frustration, a bit of fear, and even a bit of exhilaration and joy, particularly from one false awakening. Throughout these awakenings I experienced "light" lucidity. I knew I was dreaming, but only had so much control over my own actions. It was quite weird.

Each and every single time I have ever gained lucidity has been me wakening in a bed. However the last time this happened about a year ago I also had sleep paralysis and had a very scary old hag experience. So that was an ongoing fear of mine this time around which made the entire thing filled with a bit of anxiety.

I must have gone through 7 or 8 false awakenings. Each time I scratched myself a little. If it hurt I was awake. If not, then I was dreaming. I'm not going to go through each one right now (on my way to work), but was curious on what others have to say about this.

Also, is there anyone else who only gains lucidity by having false awakenings? When I woke up in real life, I was skeptical on if I was still dreaming!