Last night I had a very frightening lucid experience. Frequently when lucid dreaming, I have difficulty waking myself up when I feel I've lost control or just decide I've had enough. Last night was no different.

I awoke on the same couch I fell asleep on, only to get the feeling that I'm dreaming. I quickly reality check and attempt to sit up. However, I'm held in place by a weakness or force keeping me from getting up to look around. I then feel an evil presence, which scares me into closing my eyes to avoid seeing anything disturbing. Eventually, I start to hear a voice come from over my head to the right telling me disconcerting things (that I don't specifically remember).

A few times I attempt to wake myself from this nightmare, but they result in false awakes. One in specific I remember losing lucidity, waking up in my bed, and attempting to get close to my friend. He pushes me away telling me I'm going to hell. I then proceed to "wake up" only to have another experience similar to the one described in the second paragraph.

Any interpretation or advice on how to prevent these experiences would be very much appreciated. I feel these dreams are beginning to happen more frequently than they used to. I normally never had nightmares.