There is actually something your body does while you're sleeping that immobilizes you. It's to prevent you from doing something (more?) stupid while you're asleep. That may be what you woke up to, Kzonon -- your body still thinking you were asleep and protecting you.
Either that, or the invisible man was out to get you...
For me, my childhood nightmare revolves around being in a room and suddenly becoming very, very small. Today, I have few nightmares, although I have some recurring dreams. There's one where I'm a player in some twisted game, and whoever outsmarts the other wins. So far I haven't lost... because I change the rules as I go. Hey, it's my dream... [img]tongue.gif[/img]
My wife doesn't like my "active" dreams, where I start walking around the house half-awake. I understand they can be annoying... the first one of those I recall happened when I was about 18 and had to kill the beast on the floor next to my bed. One hand-strike and it was done. In the morning, I saw I had knocked the soccer ball (football for you others) across the room...