It is very very rare that I actually have a dream that I can remember having by the time that I wake up. I used to remember my dreams every morning when I was younger and back then I did have a recurring dream, almost every night in fact, for a short period.
I would be lying in bed and my throat would feel sore. I'd hear a noise outside as my window is always open. I'd then sit up and turn around to look out the window to see what it was, but there was just a very white face in the window with black eyes. I would then jump/fall out of bed and try to scream for my parents, but (remember the sore throat) I couldn't make any noise, just trying to scream but nothing coming out.
It was at that point I would always wake up, either because I had actually fallen out of bed when I tried to get out of bed in the dream, or by one of my parents waking me up because I was screaming out loud. Obviously trying to shout so loud in my dream that I was actually shouting in reality
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It's been a while since I've had that dream though, like I say I don't remember my dreams anymore.