I just remembered having this really scary dream about 3 weeks ago. It wasn't scary in its content, but in the fact that I did not want to be asleep and knew that I was dreaming.

In the dream, I was laying in bed with my boyfriend who was cuddling me and being sweet. The problem was that I knew this was a dream and that I was sleeping and that the boyfriend in my dream world was an impostor and it scared me. I tried to wake up. When I managed to wake myself up, I was able to see my boyfriend sleeping peacefully beside me (not currently cuddling, though). I was pulled back into sleep shortly after managing to regain consciousness. I was in the same dream with the impostor boyfriend. Since I knew that he wasn't my real boyfriend, this scared me and I wanted to wake up so badly to make sure that I was with my real boyfriend. I kept waking up, but was still in sleep paralysis so I couldn't move and was only slightly awake, and then being pulled back to sleep. This went on for an unbearably long time, and my body hurt more and more and I felt a stronger and stronger feeling of oxygen deprivation until I was able to finally wake up and move. After this I got up and moved around some, hoping to reset whatever dream world was currently in my mind. I also had my boyfriend cuddle me in real life so that I felt safer when I tried to go back to sleep.

I know that this is weird. Has anyone else had this experience? I have been wondering about possibly having narcolepsy, but I haven't discussed it with a doctor yet out of fear of being considered a "hypochondriac" as my mother always called me when I asked questions like these.