Nightmare

Date: 12/14/2018

This dream actually happened quite a while ago. I was in a restaurant or shop. I'm not sure if I'm working there. Or even own it but I know I live in the same building. You can walk from the side of the floor where customers sit to eat to my bathroom. I hear on the news that there is a murderer on the loose in my exact area, armed and dangerous. People start fleeing, and I run into my home and barricade the door. I think I hear him and I peek. It's just my boyfriend (now husband). He's wondering what is going on. As I explained to him what's going on, I turn around to make sure we're not in any danger. When I turn back, he's gone. Then I see him walking through the door, but he's shot. I know it's not the same Richard I was just talking to. It's him but not the same him - though the earlier him was him, too. I go to the bathroom to get some rags and I see Richard in the bathtub but he's dressed in armor, like a Spartan. He's got a stab wound and he's dirty. He tells me I better wake up before I can't anymore. But I didn't even know I was dreaming. And how was I going to wake myself up? Was the dream breaking down, evidenced by it getting more absurd? I panic and start screaming WAKE UUUUP. WAKE UUUUP. WAKE UUUUP. Mt screaming fades quieter and quieter until I guess I wake up. I'm in my room, in the dark, with the light coming through the blinds. I lay there for a second until I somehow realized I was still dreaming. It was a false awakening. I pani again and throw myself on the bed thinking if I lay down and close my eyes I'll wake up for real. Thankfully I do. However, my room looks almost identical to how it looked in my dream. Needless to say, it was difficult to get back to sleep.