Now I haven't personally experienced this, but I've been teaching some small groups about lucid dreaming, and one person came and asked me about being afraid that he was never going to wake up.

i have lucid dreams many many times.
The scariest part of a lucid dream for me, is the fear of knowing im dreaming and not being able to wake up. What is this called?
Has anyone experienced this?

At first when i realize im dreaming, its all fun but sometimes, ill start to get worried in my dream that im never going to be able to wake up no matter how hard i try. in the dream, i picture scenarios where i wake up but i know im not in reality, and im still in a dream. no matter how hard i try i cant wake up and i start to fear im going to live out my entire life in a dream state.
So, anyone else experienced this or know anything about this kind of fear?