those suck. but sometimes, back when i was with my bf and i would dream about him, sometimes i'd wake up because of how much love i felt (: ahhhh<3 the old days.. :(
I have lucid dreams and can manipulate them typically.... I also dream journal and look for messages.... so fear and stuff rarely freaks me out in a dream... .but falling does, and I snap awake instantly... same as if a total stranger enters my dream and gives me a warning... that is my cue to wake up fast and take inventory of the house and everyone in it.... a predetermined warning so to speak... works for me.
Don't really understand the answers...I wake myself up by blinking really hard. I've gotten pretty good at it. It took a while but I started to become aware that I'm dreaming. I can stay in them or wake up.
If I suddenly realize that I'm in a bathroom in a dream, I'll wake up so I won't embarrass myself. I never had to worry about that until about 5 years ago. Now I never know if I can trust my bladder or not while I sleep.
Yes. One dream I have had for a long time when I am suddenly falling and I see the ground rushing toward me and I snap awake trying to get my arms around something to stop. It is scary.
Ever since I got pregnant, Ive had weird dreams. Mostly about losing my daughter or her getting hurt. I mean I use to have a lot of them, then they slowly went away, then they started up again 3 years ago and havent stopped.
it would depend on the dream but if the state of the dream was seeing death then it would be out of shock more than anyting else