Hello,
My name is Aofie and I'm 21. Every night for the past few years, I will be in a state where I am asleep but I remember everything I am doing. I have a history of sleepwalking and being very talkative and physical when asleep since I was very young, but this is different. Now, every night for the past few years, I will see someone or lots of people in my room or on the roof outside my room. I am fully aware of what is happening and I know they can't be in my room, but the people I see are always connected to my dream. They're always in the same position they were in when I was dreaming merely seconds before, it's like my mind is still dreaming but my eyes are open and seeing it. Every time I will turn on the light to confront them but whenever I do they disappear. Sometimes I'll be halfway through having a nightmare and I get so scared I throw myself out of bed and end up downstairs, at the foot of the stairs, then my brain will catch up with my body and realise I was dreaming and I'll consciously go back to bed.
It's getting to the point where it is disturbing my sleep, but I don't want to go and see my doctor over something so silly as dreaming... I see everything so vividly until I make the conscious effort to turn the light on, then everything is gone and I go back to sleep as soon as my head hits the pillow. It lasts up until I turn the light on, always people from my dream or something from my dream... I've even packed a bag to leave my house and gone downstairs to put my shoes on before someone else in the house turned the light on thinking I was a burglar and I came to my senses!
Anyone experienced this or have any idea what it is?