I have never had a nightmare that follows that formula. I tend to judge that formula as what people think of as the stereotypical nightmare in films and such. My nightmares play out more like a dream, like real life. In these nightmares, scenarios or situations occur that could happen in real life, and something goes horribly wrong. Like somebody dying or a certain someone breaking up with me or something. I've noticed that whenever I get into fights in dreams/nightmares I never get hurt, but I that doesn't stop me from trying to avoid getting hurt (dodging). But my dreams never play in slo-mo. I always have freedom of movement (although if I'm in a prison or something, I obviously can't break out. Its a prison of the mind). I often do wake up when whatever is going on drastically hits my emotions. But I never wake up hurting.
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