Just recently I have started realizing that I'm in a dream, but as soon as I know this I get some kind of paranoia that I will never be able to wake up.
Then I loose any desire to stay in a dream and just shake myself until I wake up. Is there a way to stop this feeling of ridiculous dread?

I also have noticed that as soon as I have the notion of dreaming, I feel my eyes closing, becoming very heavy and it's hard to keep them open in a dream.