I quite often wake up with a jolt and hear myself shout out loud, clinging on to the bed, when I've dreamed I've been falling. Feels very real, and it freaks me out.

I dream about my late father (1943-2001). It feels like he comes to see me in my dreams and we chat and it's like he's still with me. I've woken up on more than one occasion thinking his death was all a bad dream but then realise it wasn't and I lose him all over again.

I often wake up crying from dreams that I remember for the split second upon waking and then my mind clears and I can't understand why I'm sobbing as the dream has vanished - I've done this ever since I was a child.

To balance things out, I have woken up laughing before, too