My name is Dylan and this is why I joined this forum.

[Squirtguns]

I fell asleep last night on my back, which rarely happens, and I had the most terrifying/enlightening experience of my life; to date. *a little background so this makes more sense to readers* I have at many times during sleep in the past awakened (in my mind anyway) and not been able to open my eyes but have sort of been able to make sounds or sometimes even words and been TOTALLY AWARE of what was going on. To the point where if there were a fire and I was alone that I would probably burn alive and not be able to move at all. I've had an overnight stay at the hospital and been on an EKG and told that I had apnea and that my heart was also slightly irregular during certain levels of sleep; SOMETHING YOU WOULD THINK I would have followed up on, but if you knew me, you would know that this was something that would have been of little importance to me at that point in my life :p Getting back on track : The life-changing incident I mentioned above involved me sort of realizing I was in a dream and the rest of this is going to seem silly to a lot of people. Especially if you haven't experienced anything like it. I believe my chances of being wrong are highest here. I had a dream that my two friends and I were playing ping pong at some bar I had never been to before, which is weird to begin with. I remember only walking to the front door and trying to explain to a friend why I was leaving, but not being able to because I was intoxicated. I then realized that neither of the friends I was with go out anymore and I couldn't be drinking with them and that I was having a dream. At that EXACT MOMENT I heard a roar like thunder and something that sounded like rain. I regained consciousness and said something unintelligible and focused on trying to open my eyes, being that I was scared s***less. I finally came to and opened my eyes and rolled over and woke my girlfriend up. I asked her if it was raining outside and she asked why I kept asking that..... I had just woken up, so I was obviously talking to her in my sleep. Like a legit conversation that I don't remember. My mind was reeling at this point and I somehow managed to make the correlation between the thunder and rain and my air conditioner making both of those types of sounds and managed to regain some sanity; albeit not much. I realize that with it being cold, there is a higher chance of having any sort of dream (I don't know why, but I know alot of odd-subject, jeapordyesque information) and being in an unfamiliar situation also having that effect. And maybe that had a lot to do with it. What really bothers me is the fact that I realized that I was in a dream and my mind immediately kicked me out of it. I feel like I was about to have some sort of epiphany that I wasn't ready for or something. Any thoughts, feedback?

[gab]

Welcome to Dreamviews! The loud sounds you can hear when falling asleep. It's possible, that your dream has just started when you heard the sounds. And it's quite common to have a short lucid, especially if you just starting out. Please check out the DV Wiki for articles that may interest you. And of course, the forum, with tons of cool info. Happy dreams

[Squirtguns]

I must have been half asleep because I don't remember falling asleep. I felt like I was in mid conversation when I actually nodded off. It was crazy scary and it freaked me out that I realized I was dreaming I immediately heard a roaring sound and felt complete fear. I hope I can learn to stray from these types of dreams in the future. Thanks for the advice as well! This site is wonderful.

[Robot_Butler]

Sleep is not a hard barrier. Things can filter through from your surroundings. In addition to this, we can just outright hallucinate things that we think are happening around us. For example, when I WILD, I will sometimes hear my wife watching television in the living room. We do not have a television. Other times, I will hallucinate conversations like you described, where I am sleeptalking. Sometimes I really was talking to my wife, other times I was imagining the whole scenario. Shit gets weird.

[ssalas7]

Sometimes if something is loud enough it will actually come into my lucid dream and I will see something making that sound like yesterday my fan was really loud and the sound entered into my lucid dream as a cleaning lady was putting cleaning supplies into a plastic container. I couldn't fathom why they would may a weird clanking noise till I woke up and realized my fan is annoying enough to disrupt my dreams lol

[Squirtguns]

thanks to everyone for the responses. its nice to know im not alone XD. comfort in numbers right?

[Sivason]

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