Hello all! Last night I was laying down trying to go to sleep and the craziest thing started happening. I went right from being awake to being in a dream, but I was dreaming that I was still awake and trying to go to sleep. But I would realize things around me weren't quite normal and I would wake up. For some reason it did not occur to me to try to take advantage of this and have a lucid experience. I would just wake up, but I was so tired that within a minute I was back asleep and dreaming that I was actually awake and trying to fall asleep, and again, I would realize it was a dream and wake up! This cycle repeated like 10 times, and it really started to freak me out, so I just forced myself to lay awake for a few minutes and get a grip, and finally I fell asleep normally without launching right into a dream state.
Besides lucid dreams, this was the single strangest dream experience I have ever had. It was like the reverse of a false awakening.....you know? I never usually launch right into dreams when I go to bed, or if I do, I don't remember them, so it was a completely new experience and something I have never heard of before. I just wanted to see if anyone else has experienced this or something similar.