I'd try and make sure I'm really awake so it doesn't turn out to be a dream within a dream... those kind of nightmares are a bitch...

I almost never remember my dreams; I can't remember having a bad dream since I was like ten.

Ironic you post this, as I had one lastnight. Though usually, unless it's time to get up, I try to fall back asleep asap and hope I dream about something else. So I'll either forget the bad dream, and/or be too focused on the other dream to care.

Queston: Have you ever had a dream and had it again but on purpose? I know i did, I was trying to save stitch from lava and failed, so i tried to have the same dream, i did it but i failed to save him again. anger

If by "burst with energy" you mean "struggle with flight reflexes", then yes! Still, I voted for the last option, because more often than not I wait until I'm sure I won't fall back into the dream again before I go back to sleep.

Whenever you're dreaming, it's only the time you wake up when you realize that it was only a dream. Sometimes dreams can predict the future.