I've noticed over some time that some of my dreams want me to stay with them. I've been trying to find out why this is but everything I've found online is more about people wanting to stay in their dreams ie, it's better there, they're the ones in control, etc. But mine aren't like that, mine feel more like something else is trying everything it can to keep me in there. Currently, my mental health is doing well, has been well for almost a year now.

My dreams seem like they're feeding on things (impossible things like fav characters coming to life and the such) that I would enjoy in order to make me never want to leave them. I have very vivid dreams, near to being lucid, almost nightly and they do tend to keep their hold on me for a while after I wake up, sometimes having me fully believing that whatever I dreamt was real or actually happened until I'm finally able to get more awake but it can cause me to go back to sleep assuming the dream was real so I can continue my life there.

I just keep getting the feeling that something is trying to keep me in my dreams instead of in this world. It's kind of scary actually when I fully wake up and realize how much pull the dream had on me.

Does anyone else experience this? Do your dreams feel like they try to get you to stay? Do they feel like they're trying to tell you this works isn't the real one? Does anyone know what this may be called or why this happens? I'd love to research more about it.