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the trouble with dreams is unless something happens that clicks in your head, you often don't know it's a dream. Therefore, when you wake up, your mind is still in the state it was when you were dreaming so if you were terrified, when you wake up, you could be scared and lash out. If the music thing doesnt work, try going to sleep earlier and setting an alarm earlier than usual. It sucks doing it but as well as when you first go to sleep, dreams happen just as your body is coming out of sleep. If you wake yourself up before your body has a chance to, there's less chance of the dream state.