Question about dreaming.

Hello all, I'm new here.

I have a question. Last night I had a dream. I wouldn't call it a lucid dream per se, but you'll see what I mean. Let me explain it.

In my dream, I was being tattooed. The dream was in color and from first-person point of view. I consciously felt the pain of the tattoo as well as some extremes in emotion throughout the course of the dream. I knew that this wasn't real-- I knew I wasn't being tattooed, but I don't think I was conscious enough to "know" it was a dream. I just knew it wasn't actually happening. It may sound contradictory to feel the pain and emotion from it and know it wasn't happening, but hey, I can't explain my subconscious.

So while it may not have been a lucid dream, I'm thinking maybe it was another type, something I haven't heard of maybe. This isn't the first time I've had a dream like this, I frequently (consciously) feel extreme pain/emotion in my dreams, but I've never "known" it wasn't real before last night.

Does anyone have any thoughts on it? Please help me, I'm really interested in this.

Thanks a million!