My friend Travis has been broadening my horizons. He loves guns. Really loves them. When he found out that I had never held one he decided to rectify the matter and ran and got his newest "baby" for me to hold.
Well, ever since then I have been having nightmares (periodically) about either being shot or seeing someone else get shot. I never had them prior to holding his gun. They have been so bad that I have literally yelled out and woke myself up out of a dead sleep. Twice. Of course, then I am awake, terrified, and exhausted.
And I blame Travis. :)
Only in my dreams do the rules of reality seem to apply. Do I ever have a gun in my dream to protect myself? No. Is Travis in them to shoot the people trying to kill me (who they are and what I did to deserve to be shot I have no idea)? Of course not. That would be far too easy. I think that since I don't know how to shoot in real life my dreams won't let me shoot in there either.
I have already informed Travis that should I have another nightmare he has to take me out shooting (which he has been trying to get me to do for a while now, but I have always been too scared...and still am if I am completely honest) so that I can protect myself, if only in my dreams. :)
Have you ever done something that triggered a set of nightmares? What do you do when you wake up from a nightmare?
