What are dream within a dream dreams about?

I was given a zip lock bag, the bag contained what it appeared to be dead but well preserved orange and black butterflies, I was told if I ate them they would help me or help heal me.

So when I got home, I opened the bag, and took out one of the butterflies, closed my eyes and I ate it, and once I did, I woke up to my sister telling me to wake up, I had just thought it was a dream and asked for the time and she said it was 4pm, I immediately got out of my bed as if I was late for something, and I then walked into my living room, which is really well lit with natural light (we usually keep the covers closed, so it’s usually dark) and I see another butterfly flying around my living room, I looked at it in awe and my mouth wide open, and it immediately flew into my mouth, and my mouth just closed, but it wasn’t crushing the butterfly, I was panicking that I had a butterfly in my mouth, so I immediately ran into the bathroom and smiled to see my teeth, I could see some parts of the butterfly through my teeth (like the legs and stuff), as it was just staying there like I was the one not letting it out, I was considering spitting it out, but instead I drank some water, closed my eyes and began chewing it, I then swallowed it. Once I swallowed it I woke up

So in summary, I ate a orange and black butterfly, woke up thinking I had a weird dream and it over, began preparing to go somewhere, and then ended up having a butterfly to fly into my mouth, panicked and made a decision to eat it. And then I woke up for real (dream within a dream).

Does anyone know what this dream means? Or have any interpretations of it?

Quick background:
1. 25f, no kids
2. Recently separated with bf of 8 years

I dreamt last night that I had a son (around 5-6) and was also pregnant with a baby girl and both with my ex. The dream itself was very detailed. It was a very normal 'a-day-in-the-life-of' kind of dream.

I can still see my 'sons' face VERY clearly. His hair, height, the way he moved and talked. And I can still remember how it FELT being around 7 months pregnant in the dream. Even my son's name and nickname and the name we we're thinking of naming our daughter.
I remember the house we had. It was a nice villa in a decent community and had a huge backyard. It was also raining quite a bit throughout the dream.

So in the dream, my ex and I were having some issues in our relationship, mostly caused by some family members. So tensions were kinda high. We weren't interacting much but it wasn't like we shunned each other. It was more like we were roommates at that point.

So the way the dream began was, I was in my son's bedroom helping him assemble a new toy he got. I had a friend over and the three of us were playing with it when the door bell rang.
I go to the door and some of our relatives were there. They weren't really nice. They scoffed when they say my pregnant belly and just made themselves at home. I offered them drinks and food and went back to my son.
After a while, I was in the kitchen making lunch and I saw my ex's (husband in the dream) car. It was a blue car. I could see him parked outside from the kitchen and he just sat in the car for a while. I saw him get out and he came inside the house and I just slightly smiled at him and told him his family was here. All this time I could FEEL the love I had for him and our son. Our son ran up to him and hugged him and they talked for a bit. He then went to talk to his family.
I could kinda hear what they were talking about but I tried not to. It was about how he should leave me. Even though we had a child together and I was pregnant with another. The only reason we had problems WAS because of THEM. They just didn't like me for some reason.

I go to my room to take a nap and I fall asleep quick. This is the funny part ..... I had a dream within the dream and in THAT dream I was rollerblading with 2 others (not sure who they are) but apparently we were homeless and traveling long distances by rollerblading.
We stop at this small roadside food shack and I go to wash my face. Suddenly someone hands me a huge cloth bag and I'm like huh? And to my horror....... There are two huge snakes inside. They're just thrashing and the bag isn't even closed!
In the dream I fling the bag but the snakes kinda come out and touch my hand and at the same time I woke up in real life flinging my comforter aside.

That was it. I have no idea what the dream within the dream was about. All I know is I miss my son and being pregnant and miss being married to my ex despite the family thing..

Everything written here was written in a dream book first.

“It was a dream within a dream at first. I was in a park at night. I was in a field with a full moon above me, I saw a man walking in the distance beside a brick wall. I was suddenly dragged at unbelievable speeds. I woke up in my dream with a dark force putting weight on my chest. It felt like hands on my chest. I tried to scream but I couldn’t. I couldn’t move at all, I felt stuck. Eventually, the dark force stopped and I ran into my moms room crying. All I could say at this point was ‘mom’. I tried showing her what happened while she was getting ready for work. I went into my room and my light was on. I didn’t switch on my light originally when I ran out of my room. I went back into my moms room to try to switch on the lights. The lights wouldn’t turn on and I started to panic. I started shaking and crying while saying ‘mom’. My mom just stared at me and then I was tossed against the wall by the dark force. My mom showed little to no emotion toward what just happened. She then kissed me goodbye and left. I went back into my room. My light was off and I still felt evil in my room. I woke up this time for real when I heard my moms car drive away from the house. My chest is heavy, I’m mentally drained, I’m out of breath, I prayed to god to protect me, my mouth feels like it’s been open for a period of time.”

I woke up and journalized this dream about an hour ago (6:30AM EST). I still feel scared, I don’t feel like going back in my room. I’m currently in the kitchen about to cook breakfast to take my mind off this “dream”. If anyone knows what this could be please let me know. Hope everyone has a good day today.

Anybody here have false awakenings? Dreaming within a dream? I had one of these experiences the other day.

I sporadically have episodes of sleep paralysis and the other night I thought I was having another one. I am already am kind of used to having sleep paralysis given I have been experiencing them for about the past 15 years and already worked down a routine to shake it off.

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Anyways, the other night I thought I was having one of these episodes and when I managed to shake it off I got up from my bed to turn on the light, the strange thing is that when I was about to turn the light on I noticed that the light fixture in my room was completely different and once I realized that I opened my eyes and realized I was still in bed. In other words, I dreamed that I had a sleep paralysis episode, shook it off and then woke up again.

Do false awakenings represent anything? Are they indicators that we are coming close to lucid dreaming?

A dream within a dream type of shit. I was watching a video on YouTube (I think) in my nightmare and it was about this woman who had a horrific nightmare. It showed pictures of this guy and it was weird. He had a face that looked like the number 8. He had fat lips and a weird nose and eyes that were downward. I stopped watching the video after that. Then that man in the video told me "God will be real in 3 minutes." I tried screaming for my mom but she wouldn't come. I wouldn't wake up.

Weird ass dream. 3 minutes have passed at the time of writing this.