Same sort of thing here. I was lucid and was trying to get out but couldn’t for a while.
I was really hot when I came to and it took quite some time for my heart rate to come down.
Dreaming is weird.
Yeah man. Honestly, I love it though. I love all kinds of dreams. Good and bad, lucid ones, and normal ones which I can reflect on when I wake up.
I enjoy nightmares because of the feeling of adrenaline, its like my own bespoke fully imersive horror movie.
The only ones I don't like are ones that make me feel confusing emotions or where upsetting things happen.
The one last night was borderline. It was distressing towards the end, but when I woke up, after I had become grounded again I thought "wow holy **** that was one heck of a dream" and laid there thinking about it for a while.