Hi everyone I am new here but found the site trying to get some insight on my recent dream problems. I started researching lucid dreaming when I was around 14 from an article I read in Omni magazine. I started out by doing the reality checks many times during the day and found it pretty easy right off the bat to have a lucid dream. Having them is not my problem. I have recently (now I am 34 years old) been having a problem of waking myself up and fully being aware of waking but some parts of my dream are still there. I seem to have a really deep buzzing in my ears and the feeling that I can't shake all of the sleep away. I was dreaming of a man standing in my doorway to my bedroom and I was afraid so I woke myself up. The buzzing started in my ears and I was extremely groggy but awake and he was still there. As I stared at the man in the doorway it all went away pretty quickly and I knew I was fully awake because I was staring at the window and the doorway is on the other side of the room. I have never had this problem in the past and was wondering if anyone else has any trouble like this when waking. Any info would be helpful.