Leap of faith

Date: 11/22/2016

We went to JP Mall (someone called it that; there's no mall around me or that I've ever been to by that name) and it doubled as an amusement park of some sort. We went on a safari-like ride, but the whole point was to go alone and on foot. We made it through downhill and at the end there was a point where you're supposed to jump into the water and then make you're way back up and out of the place. I was scared, but I managed to do it. At this point my partner was no longer who I had arrived with (I'm not sure who was with me the whole first part), instead it was my family. The uphill walk was a lot tougher and I fell a couple of times, but my family seemed like they knew the way and were very familiar with the journey. We made it to the top, but there was a final challenge before we could leave. There was a metal rope (it almost looked like a bike chain, only bigger and it wasn't harsh) and there was a lady before us who tried gripping it to the conveyer belt below. Her way didn't work and she came back up. There were two of those contraptions (they had the shape of escalators, only naked) and someone in my family jumped to grab the rope thing and made their way down. Everyone else followed. I distinctly remember my mom go down because she was the last one before it was my turn. I was anxious as I saw them all jump and panic set in once it was my turn. My family kept yelling at me from the bottom to just do it, but I was so scared. They said they would leave if I didn't and that I had been fine jumping into the lake before and guaranteed that I would be fine this time. I couldn't shake the feeling that I wouldn't be able to grab hold of the rope and that I would fall. I saw another group waiting to be let in so I waved to them to go before me. They also jumped and swung down from the rope and I became even more panicked that that was the only way down. However, I saw one girl clip the bottom of the rope (it looked like a video game controller) to a pod I hadn't seen before. She closed the pod once she was inside and it took her to the bottom. The group before me saw my excitement and offered to let me try it. Just then another girl tried it, but something happened at the bottom and she was brought back up. Again, I felt scared that it would happen to me as well and that I would be stuck up there no matter what. I let some other girl go before me. More people went and no one was looking out for me until one girl went and came back up. She held the controller up to me and offered me a try. She wasn't upset that she came back up, which calmed me for some reason. I made my way to her and I tried to get the controller to connect to the pod. It clicked and I was off. I made it down and my journey also went through a ride, almost like the water rides at amusement parks where an inflated boat takes you down a river only without water. I made it to the end and my family was waiting for me there as well as another group just hanging out in the waiting area. They were all excited to see me, though my family seemed more ready to leave. I hopped out and felt such relief to finally be out. We walked out and the group changed again. It was me and two guys, but I don't know who. And we made our way to some ice cream place. Last thing I remember was being in a parking lot, trying to look up the mall on my phone. Then I woke up. I was aware that I was in a dream, but I didn't feel like I could change any of it - like I couldn't make it end when I was having the panic attack. On some level I did want to see myself getting out of the attraction, though, so I'm glad I was able to finish the dream before waking up or drifting into another one.