You ever have like, a retromare? A dream that is not disturbing in the moment yet, when you wake up, acquires undeniably nightmarish overtones?
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You ever have like, a retromare? A dream that is not disturbing in the moment yet, when you wake up, acquires undeniably nightmarish overtones?
All the time, usually of the "hanging out with someone i haven't seen in years for very good reason" variety
I think the closest I've had is one that was a nightmare at the time, but became even more horrifying when I woke up:
In the middle of someone explaining their evil plan of having cloned my body and memories in order to steal and manipulate every social connection I had, I got so angry that I woke up immediately -- and found myself in an unfamiliar place.
After five minutes of sheer existential panic, I remembered that I'd been hanging out with new friends for the first time, and wound up crashing on their couch.