It's important to keep in mind that the only requirement for a dream to be "lucid" is that you know that you are dreaming. You don't have to RC in order to have a lucid dream - it's possible to become lucid without one (on the flip-side, it's possible to RC without actually becoming lucid, a sign of bad RC practice in waking life). You also don't have to have dream control in order to have a lucid dream - control is just often a side effect of being lucid (on the flip-side, it's possible to have good dream control without actually being lucid). So all that in mind, based on this line:
Originally Posted by theu1986
at this point out of nowhere I said to myself (this isn't right I must be dreaming).
you most definitely did have a lucid dream. Congrats!
So based on that, it's easy to answer your remaining questions.
1) It's not really known as a hybrid dream, it's just a lucid dream where you don't have full control. Some people reference these dreams as being a lower "level" or "layer" - you can read more in this article from the Wiki: The Five layers of Lucidity - Lucid Dreaming - Dream Views . A higher layer lucid dream is one where you are much more aware, have much clearer logic, and have much better control.
2) I've had that feeling in several lucids. It can be fairly distracting, and focusing on your real body lying in bed can actually make you wake up. However, it doesn't mean you aren't lucid, it just means that you're not quite fully asleep, or you maybe still have some conscious awareness of your body. If that happens again, try your best to ignore it, and instead turn your attention to the dream scene. Engage all your senses in the dream in order to stabilize it (I find it usually works best to rub my hands on everything around me in order to ground myself in the dream). You can learn more about stabilization in this article from the Wiki: Dream Stabilization and Clarity Tutorial - Lucid Dreaming - Dream Views
3) No particular reason. From your description, it sounds like a Layer 2 lucid, where you may know you're dreaming and have some control, but your logic is not 100%. So if you thought of doing an RC, you just did it. There's nothing wrong with doing an RC when you're already lucid - it can actually be another good way to stabilize yourself in the dream, and can reinforce the notion that you're dreaming, reducing the chance of you losing your lucidity later in the dream.
Hope that helps!
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