Hey-

I had a dream the other night:
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In which I was hiding from a killer and he was walking right past my hiding space but then my phone alarm started going off in my pocket and he turned around and found me.

The odd thing was that the alarm was actually my alarm going off in real life to wake me up.

At first I didn't think too much about this because I have encountered similar situations but lately I have been wondering... how does this really happen?

I mean obviously I know I probably heard the alarm going off while I was still dreaming then it eventually woke me up, but I was just wondering if there was anything more behind this.

I really say this because I thought I learned in my psych class a few years ago that even long seeming dreams occur over a matter of seconds so if my dream was only a few seconds long, then since my dream-self's alarm was going off for a good 5-10 seconds before I woke up from the dream did I hear the very beginnings of the alarm while dreaming and "play" the full song for myself in my dream or what?

Lol I am SURE I'm over thinking this but I have heard "outside" noises a lot in my dreams and am curious to hear some more experienced peoples thoughts on the subject.

Thanks!