Is it normal to dream about waking up?

Your brain can build an ordinary-looking morning into a dream—getting out of bed, checking your phone, or starting your day—before you actually wake up. Sometimes you may even dream that you woke up more than once, like sleep’s doing a very convincing rerun.

It’s usually just a harmless quirk of dreaming, though it can be disorienting when you realize you’re still asleep. If it happens now and then, there’s generally nothing special you need to do about it.