Thanks guys; this does help. Hyper0105, the length of time the pain lasts depends on what happened. For instance, I've been shot in my arm before in a dream, and the pain lasted all morning. Not a real pain, like a cut or a toothache, but almost the kind of pain that feels like you're in a bubble. (I don't know if I'm making sense to you guys. Have you ever slept during the day and went immediately from a waking state to a dream state? A noise, loud or not, can wake me up from that state, and it almost feels like a I was in a bubble - real and yet not real.) As long as I don't wake up feeling horribly in pain (which I haven't - that much pain, and my dream ends right then) then I think it's all good. I really just wanted to know, and yes, this helped.

One more question: if pain can be felt in dreams, then it's possible to feel more exhausted when one wakes from a dream, correct? Now, could that be because of a dream, or just because I didn't sleep right, or something. What I'm asking is, if I do something in a dream that expends energy, is that why I can be tired in the mornings?