Thread: Thought I woke up but was dreaming it!!?

I was having a Lucid dream and noticed I was, I became frightened and decided to wake up. While I thought I was awake, I was actually still dreaming! I got up out of bed, I was in my room going through check points to make sure I was awake in my dream; Opening the blinds and looking out of the window(saw a reflection of my laptop in the window), hitting myself in the lower jaw making sure I was awake (I could actually feel myself doing this in my dream) Even thinking about getting something to eat as I paced around my room. Then, all of the sudden my phone received a text message and that woke me up! I was in complete and utter disbelief also confusion. I thought I was awake already, but I was just dreaming I was. There is no telling what I could have done in my dream that I thought I was awake in.

Is there a term for this or explanation?? I'm scared to lucid dream but I can do it easily, but I become very frightened. Most of the time when I'm lucid I wake up with anxiety or panic attacks. The control absolutely scares the crap out of me. Any tips in over coming this? A lot of nights I dread going to sleep. Thanks for listening.