The first time I experienced something like this I was around the age of 5. I would wake up from a dream (normally nightmares about aliens) and see what was in my dream. Sometimes it was an alien standing in my room that seemed so vivid it scared me, actually causing me to run screaming terrified from my room, only to return moments later to realize it was nothing. I would awake with "creatures" from my dreams sitting on my chest or at the foot of my bed. Eventually the "hallucination" dreams, as I started to call them, failed to happen anymore.

Until the beginning of this week. I began taking melatonin as sleep inhibitor to counteract my growing insomnia. Just the other day I woke up, not to see aliens or any of the such, but I man (whom I have never seen before) that was in my dream sitting on the couch next to my bed. I closed my eyes and stretched, at the same time spooked, and when I opened my eyes again the figure was gone. I think the dreams are really unique because I have asked many of my friends if they have experienced something similar and they all just make joking comments as if I am crazy. I was wondering if anyone here has ever heard of or experienced something like this and what the scientific term for this is.

Feedback Appreciated.

Guy