This was an odd dream. I looked at my hands and saw eight fingers on my left hand and five on my right. I immediately knew I was dreaming and tried to focus and calm down. I was then inside a bathroom and levitated things that were lying across the sink. There was toothpaste, a hair bush and a hair dryer. Then I walked into the street and was at my old house's street. There was this "bully" that started punching me and I couldn't do anything about it. I still knew I was dreaming and said "You're just a part of my dream, you can't hurt me. You are just my subconscious." I tried "thinking" up a weapon so that he would stop hurting me but it wouldn't work. I knew I was dreaming, but I couldn't control it. After that, I woke up.

Questions

Why could I control the dream in the beginning but then suddenly couldn't? I controlled my first lucid dream no problem. Was this because it was a nightmare?

Notes

Throughout the dream, I was never scared. I was just confused why I couldn't control anything. After my first lucid dream (this being my second) I had a false awakening. Even when I woke up and realized I had a false awakening, I wasn't scared.