A false awakening (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/False_awakening) is pretty much exactly what it sounds like, yeah. You dream that you wake up and do whatever, and then you actually wake up (or fake wake up again, depending on how many iterations you go through). In that Wiki entry, it differentiates between Type 1 and Type 2. Type 1 is boring; you're dreaming that you wake up and do your normal morning routine, and then you actually wake up.
Type 2 is almost like dreaming a sleep paralysis incident. There's a sense of foreboding, that something's wrong. So you might dream that you've awakened and you're going to get out of bed and start getting ready, but there's danger! danger! alarms going off.
This summer, I woke up and knew for a fact that Slender Man (http://marblehornets.wikidot.com/slender-man) was waiting for me, in the hallway, just outside my bedroom door. But there was nothing I could do, I couldn't stop, and I got out of bed and opened the door and there he was, inches away. A dream! I woke up, and felt wonderful relief. And I got out of bed and opened my bedroom door and Slender Man was standing right outside in the hallway waiting for me, and then he jumped.
And then I woke up for reals. So that was fun.
I should add that Laura and I watched only the first three Slender Man videos (the entries in that link) last December before we chickened out and quit, and I was literally terrified that night. So pathetic! But something about him, like, really freaks me out, IDKW. Even now I'm like, ffffuuuu, why am I thinking about Slender Man.
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Type 2 is almost like dreaming a sleep paralysis incident. There's a sense of foreboding, that something's wrong. So you might dream that you've awakened and you're going to get out of bed and start getting ready, but there's danger! danger! alarms going off.
This summer, I woke up and knew for a fact that Slender Man (http://marblehornets.wikidot.com/slender-man) was waiting for me, in the hallway, just outside my bedroom door. But there was nothing I could do, I couldn't stop, and I got out of bed and opened the door and there he was, inches away. A dream! I woke up, and felt wonderful relief. And I got out of bed and opened my bedroom door and Slender Man was standing right outside in the hallway waiting for me, and then he jumped.
And then I woke up for reals. So that was fun.
I should add that Laura and I watched only the first three Slender Man videos (the entries in that link) last December before we chickened out and quit, and I was literally terrified that night. So pathetic! But something about him, like, really freaks me out, IDKW. Even now I'm like, ffffuuuu, why am I thinking about Slender Man.
So.