# Strange waking dream-type thing this morning

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [June 4, 2014, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-waking-dream-type-thing-this-morning/690059 "2014-06-04T21:46:28Z")\
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**Author:** ![Bozuit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/edb3f5/32.png) [@Bozuit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bozuit)\
**Post date:** [June 4, 2014, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-waking-dream-type-thing-this-morning/690059/1 "2014-06-04T21:46:28Z")

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Last night I must have fallen asleep sooner than I planned to, because I don’t remember deciding to sleep, and woke sometime between sunrise and alarm time with the light still on and much confusion. No, I wasn’t drinking.

Anyway, when I woke, my mind was working at about 20%, but I felt sure that there were two of us. That’s an ambiguous way to put it, but my memory won’t be more specific. I was the only one in the room, but sure I was there in partnership with someone else; either I was two people, or someone close to me was there (although I didn’t get the feeling it was a lover). I knew something about this feeling was a little off, but in my haze I couldn’t come to any conclusion on the matter, and resolved to just see what happened rather than strain to understand.

I’ve heard of various hypnagogic sensations and the feeling of a “presence in the room” during sleep paralysis, but that’s not how I imagined a “presence” would feel.

Has anyone heard of, or experienced, something similar? I’m not worried; just interested in this novelty.

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**Author:** ![Lydia\_Phalfav](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a6a055/32.png) [@Lydia\_Phalfav](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lydia_Phalfav)\
**Post date:** [June 4, 2014, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-waking-dream-type-thing-this-morning/690059/2 "2014-06-04T22:11:18Z")

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Once as I was waking up in the middle of the night, I felt completely paralyzed.  
For some reason it felt completely normal & that my body just hadn’t caught up with the waking part of my mind.  
I told myself to go back to sleep & I did almost immediately.

About a month ago, I heard snoring & I knew it was me, so I told myself to stop snoring. Then I rolled over, stopped snoring & went back to sleep.  
It was the weirdest & funniest thing & my hubby got a kick out of hearing about my waking-dream.