to get a little personal here i have woken up completely balling my eyes out and didnt know why.no dream either,i'll just wake up out of nowhere,bolt straight up and find myself crying hard.i never remember even an inkling of a dream either.it has happened a number of times but not in a year or two.once i wake up i stop and then just go back to bed.sometimes i wonder if i have PTSD.

i guess it beats sleep walking which is what my kid does.

i dont ever recall dying in my dreams although i have killed in them once or twice.

i do have dreams where i'm being chased but i cant run.it feels like i'm trying to run while in chest high water or my legs feel like lead and just wont go.
that one clearly means i'm running from something in life probably.i've heard other people having this one.

dreams are crazy,imo a time when we "break on through to the other side" as jim morrison said.

they say we only harness 14% of our mental ability.some obviously less than that...lol.