Anna222

I had a similar experience a while back. I was having a very vivid dream where i was standing on the front steps of building facing a friend of mine who I havent seen in ages. There was no conversation, we were just simply facing eachother. The dream was so real-feeling-- I felt like I was really, actually there and for some reason the vividness of the dream startled me. I abruptly woke up and looked around the room, and was definitely awake because I could actively see everythign around me, move around and feel my covers. Strangely enough, although I was awake, the dream continued to play in front of me even though my eyes were wide open. Its as if I was dreaming and awake at the same time...I kept trying to snap out of it but it continued to play out for a while...The next day, I emailed a sleep research center because I had never experienced anything like that before. They told me that this happens when you are either on heavy medication extremely tired/stressed but I wasn't any of the above...it's still a mystery to me...