I have had several of these types of dreams in my life and while they are very few and far between, they have never lessened and always cause me to start to panic. The good news is, they don't seem to be as long for me to wake up out of them as when I was younger. I probably would be concerned if I was having these more frequently. It seems that I may have one every 10 years. No matter how much I can say I will snap out of it, they are never pleasant dreams. Or are they really dreams?