A quick question.

I went to bed last night thinking about what I've read here, and having put some paper and a pen by the bed to write down anything I dreamed.

The first thing to say is that I was not trying to do the whole lucid thing - I just wanted to experiment a bit with the hypnagogic imagery and see if I could remain conscious whilst going 'a little deeper'. I'm not sure if I managed it or not, but I had an extreemely vivid dream and saw something in it which I knew 'wasn't right' but couldn't put my finger on why. It's obvious now I'm awake. I never worked out that I was dreaming.

I awoke at 4am - very groggy - and went downstairs for a drink. I was MASSIVELY paranoid - was I awake or asleep, who is in the house, what's that noise, etc. I'm sure I was awake - tried things like running my hands together and there's evidence of my nocturnal movements this morning!

I then wen't to bed and had another very vivid dream.

Is waking up with paranoia common? I didn't like that at all!!