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Originally Posted by Germyle

I used to have them when I was younger but haven't had one in years until last night; which was the worst I have ever had

It was me on the phone to my dad, he got kidnapped and was driving in his car with a gun to his head, my guess was that he was being forced to drive to his bank or something, he sounded absolutely petrified on the phone and was crying his eyes out, I have only seen my dad cry once (his mums death).

What I didn't like is that it felt 100% real, every action and feeling would have been exactly the same had it happened in real life. He was telling me to ring my sister because he couldn't get through to her which was realistic as she's generally hard to get hold of, he sounded like it was the last time we would ever speak I then rang my sister explaining what was happening and she started crying and panicking and I did the same. I got off the phone to her and called my dad back but there was no answer my dad always answers his phone. My mum came in the room and I started crying to her presuming he was dead.

Back to real life, I woke up and immediately started crying and rang my dad straight away, he answered and I was literally sobbing on the phone telling him what happened, at first he laughed but then told me to calm down, he blamed it on the fact that I'm obsessed with scary movies and crime programmes (which I was watching before going to bed), my partner also woke up and was trying to calm me down.

I don't know if I explained this properly or it didn't sound scary to you but it was one of the most horrible experiences of my life. Thank god it was my day off today

Has anyone had a similar experience to this or your own night terror? I would be grateful if you shared

....awwww Germyle, how terrifying and upsetting.....hmmm, maybe these things could have some bearing on scary movies/crime programmes that you're watching atm, as your dad said/I don't know much about the psychology of dreams but I guess I would think that the association there if there was one, would be worries and stuff going around in your head atm..?...and those just being released through your mind's resting time in sleep to the things that you watch..if these things are an 'obsession' for you/a particular interest as you say ..and yet you haven't had such a scary dream for a long time/several years then it would seem more, just how your worries are manifesting..?...

...you though, these things really do seem so real.....