Thread: I keep waking up in my sleep

About a month ago I started my dream journal, it's been pretty fun remembering my dreams but lately I've been remembering several per night. That sounds good except I automatically wake up after every dream. Like for example, tonight I went to bed at midnight and I woke up at 7:30am for the first time after a dream. Then I go back to sleep and about 2 hours later I woke up again after a dream. Then I went back to sleep once more and 2 hours later I woke up AGAIN after a dream.

Is this normal? I've never woken up after dreams in the middle of the night before I started my dream journal. I must say it's kind of scaring me because I'm not sure if it's good for my sleep.

And would it be possible to reverse this? I mean, say I don't want to remember my dreams anymore, can I stop doing this?

EDIT: I also experienced something weird last night. I woke up after a dream and realised this so I just kept my eyes closed and my body still so I could get back to sleep fast. But then suddenly my heart rate was going higher (I could feel it) and my eyes started moving rapidly (I could feel that too), that scared me so I opened my eyes and moved my body then it was gone. What was that?