Bad Dreams

Though I may not appear it, I am actually somewhat of a scaredy cat; I don't watch scary movies, I won't go to haunted corn mazes, and I get totally spooked by ghost stories. So you can imagine what kind of a night I had the other day when I was woken up by the worst dream I have ever had!

I have never been one to have bad dreams. I didn't have night terrors as a kid, I have never (or had never I guess) woken up screaming... aside from the occasional trying to run in slow motion type things I usually sleep pretty pleasantly. But for some reason the other night I had not only the most real dream I've ever had, but certainly the scariest.

I woke up sometime in the night surprisingly bright eyed and looked over at the clock. It was nowhere near time to get up so I snuggled back to try to get more sleep. And I guess I did fall asleep, but I fell right into a dream where I was lying awake in the dark in the middle of the night, just like I really had been. It felt so real, my room was exactly the same, Tim was even in bed next to me asleep just like he really was... and then it happened! Some scary thing came after me and before I knew it I was waking up breathing hard! And when I woke up, of course everything looked just like the dream, because my dream was just like reality... So weird! I was awake for a while & when I finally fell asleep the same thing happened again. This time I must have shouted because Tim woke me up. We turned on the lamp and he stayed awake with me until I fell asleep (quite a while later). Such an odd thing...

It's been a few days now and I still have trouble when the lights go out. I feel so silly. I'm fine all day, but as soon as we get in bed and Tim falls asleep all I can think of is that awful dream! I haven't slept well for a couple nights now, I'm hoping this passes soon. I hate being tired!

If anyone has suggestions about how to not be such a chicken let me know, I'm all ears!