False awakenings

I often have lucid dreams and recently have been dreaming about writing amazing stories (perhaps I should try to write things down as soon as I wake up – who knows what I could come up with!). This morning, I had the very odd experience of having several false awakenings, where I was convinced I was awake and getting up, only to repeat the experience. After several repeats, I was getting quite frightened that I wouldn’t wake up for real as I couldn’t seem to waken myself (unlike with lucid dreams). Of course, I did eventually, but it was very odd.