This morning I had a lucid dream that was largely dominated by the prevailing notion that my dream was about to come to an abrupt end soon because of my alarm clock. This was not a delusion, as I really did set my alarm to wake me because I would need to get up early this morning. I believe this dream occurred upon returning to sleep after a brief mid-morning awakening.

In the dream, I was able to achieve some of what I wanted to, however, I couldn't stop thinking about and keeping track of the time in the waking world since I would soon have to get up. I tried to rid myself of this because it was a distraction, but to no avail.

When I really woke up, (after battling attempts by my mind to have me falsely believe I had awakened) my alarm clock read ten minutes until the designated alarm time. From within my dream, it seems I had been able to establish a relatively accurate connection with the waking world- via time.

Dreams are infamous for their unique ability to heavily distort time and dimensionality. I was curious to hear of any similar experiences you may have had with time and lucid dreams or related subjects.