i quite often dream in 3rd person, but have had nothing similar to the force that you described preventing you from reaching what ever was on the pedestal.

my boyfriend however, has had a lot of experiencing with lucid dreaming and has experienced great forces holding him back/pushing him down - prevention from reaching places where he is still not ready to go.

don juan talks a lot about dreaming. it would be worth reading some of his stuff if you haven't already.