A little freaky...want to understand.

I have had weird experiences while dreaming for a long time. Usually they are strange enough to make me think about them all day, but recently I have been having times where I am aware that I am dreaming and then I suddenly feel a great sense of fear or danger. Most of the time I feel something grab at me and I instantly wake up, sometimes to re-enter the same dream. I had an experience last night where I stayed asleep as long as I could but it got a bit too freaky. It felt like something attacking me. When I woke up there was nothing wrong or unusual and this time I again had it happen the moment I fell back asleep. Has anyone had this happen or does anyone know how this occurs?

Thanks

I know what you mean, about a year ago, this nearly same thing happened to me, usually i stay asleep through anything(Even death in my dreams.) But it was enough to jolt me awake. I'm not sure what it was, but it only happened once. and I did not like it.

Thanks for responding delphinus. Were you completely aware of this or was it just a nightmare?

I used to be afraid of my lucid dreams... Nothing would grab me but I was scared that I would see a scary face or someone with glowing red eyes and that freaks me out... A couple of years ago in a dream, I saw a hobo in the city and I don't think that I had clothes on and that freaked me out... I kept on trying to dive into buildings so that I could get out of the dream... What a waste of a lucid dream...

I've heard of people that sometimes go through phases where they have dreams of just darkness, but they have a horrible feeling like something terrible has happened or will happen. There's really no reason, and people usually just move on. It might just be due to stress, but I dont know for sure. I've never had that experience.

One thing that I know is that your dreams are influenced by your unconscious mind. So, there may be some fear that is in your unconscious, that you aren't consciously aware of.