Why did I recognize I was dreaming?

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A user shares an experience of a vivid dream where they encountered a deceased friend, leading to a moment of lucidity in which they recognized they were dreaming. This realization prompted a sudden change in the dream's narrative, as the friend transformed into an unfamiliar person, resulting in the user waking up. The experience is notable for its clarity and the unusual occurrence of dream recognition, which the user states has never happened to them before.
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Hi there,

I'm new here, thought I'd share something that happened to me last night, I'm not sure if it means anything, but either way here goes.

So I went to bed last night and starting dreaming, it was quite a long and vivid dream and at no time I consciously knew I was dreaming -- until a friend appeared, who has actually passed away and at that moment I consciously said if you are here, I must be dreaming right now.

That instant, my friend who had passed away changed into someone else I don't know and it was then I woke up -- very weird as I've never in my entire life recognized inside a dream, that I was actually dreaming.
 
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