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At first I was having a dream
and I became very aware that it
was a dream. I saw this man trying to suck out my soul , Then I woke up gasping for breath ...
It was real. While you were sleeping a demon was actually sucking out your soul and you woke up. I suggest wearing a necklace made of cow dung to ward him off.
it's called a lucid dream. when you realise you are dreaming you can panic and start thinking about things that scare you subconsciously and you start to wake up but you are not completely awake yet and the in between bit can be a combination of a dream and reality. try googling lucid dreams and sleep paralysis. it happens to most people. it is more likely to happen if you sleep on your back. if it happens again just try to reassure yourself that it is just a dream and it can't hurt you. most of the time you will just fall back asleep.
It was a nightmare, but because at some point you became aware that it was a dream, it was a lucid nightmare.