I had a dream last night that i was with my two older cousins in there house, and that they were trying to pull me into a room that i have never seen before, the room was like a surgical room that had a metal table in the middle, they wanted me to help preform surgery on someone and gave me gloves to put on.. it felt wrong, there was blood all over the floor and i knew that they were murdering people..

the dream felt so real and i remember asking myself if im dreaming or not.. i saw one of my friends (that i dont actually know or recongize in real life). and i asked her if i was dreaming.. she smiled at me and shrugged.. i remembered reading somewhere (which i did) that this person looks at his hands when he is dreaming and that if his hands were deformed he knew that he was in a dream. i did the same and looked at my hands and saw that one of my fingers were deformed, i knew i was dreaming and was so happy and kept repeating to my friend that i am dreaming!!, i remember the dream being so real and being in awe of all the detail.. i told myself to remember the dream when i awoke, and i walked around in my dream analysing everything untill i woke up..

The dream was pretty much amazing.. my emotions also changed when i realised that im dreaming, from afriad to being impressed and happy, the cousins that were in my dream had also disappeared once i understood i was dreaming and could control what was happening.

There are lots of ways that people recognise they are dreaming while in a dream. It's different for different people. You might discover other ways to do this.

The good thing about it is that once you realise that you are dreaming you can get over feeling scared (if it's a frightening dream like the one you had) and focus on thinking about what the dream is trying to tell you.