It has happened to me several times. I wake up, want to move or speak, but nothing happens. It is like being awake in my dream --> I thing I am awake, but it is only in my dream; I hate this!!
When I was 21, I had a car accident. There was ice on the road, which made my car sli and then drive into a big tree; The car was total loss, but I didn't have a scratch.


Then I started I to have accidents in my dreams too: my brakes didn't work, or I was driving right towards a big tree. Horrible!

But that is over now