Having Nightmares mixed with false awakenings

[savage]

Well ive been having these nightmares, though not alot but thier just wierd. one nightmare i had i was in a hallway in my house and i was following someone we were about to go down the stairs. when i heard something behind me. I turned to look, didnt see anything when i looked back the person that i was following turned into me and for some odd reason started attacking me we struggled for a sec then i forced myself to wake up. and last night i had somethin similar happen to me except it was creepier. but i was in a apartment that wasnt mine. looked like someone elses it had furniture and everything else in it.i started hearing sounds of someone whispering and talking and it was dark there was little light. then i started getting this feeling of someone watching me so i turned around there it was me. yup me again!. and this time I was more angry and attacked me again.now this is wierd i thought i had woken up but i didnt when i woke up someone or something was laying next to me in bed i was like wtf then i woke up. so plz someone tell me what this means because it's freaking me out.

[JenJen]

I have had nightmares of this nature myself. In fact, it was a series of such dreams that led me to this forum. Your dreams sound like some phenomena that are common to sleep paralysis. The good news is that some people actually use sleep paralysis as a method of inducing lucidity. I'm not very experienced with all this but hope it helps some.