I've had dreams like that, Liese. They're so vivid that they fuck with your head after you really wake up, because you can't believe you hadn't already woken up, even though your rational brain is trying its best to convince you.

Now I`m totally convinced I`m dreaming this, although in my dreams posting to the b.org usually requires less typing. I`m totally flipping a light switch to see if this is real. Hmm. Guess so.

I hate those. They seem to happen more when I nap than when I sleep at night. I want to say it has something to with what phase of sleep you're in when you're woken up - extra deep and not REM - but that could easily be a made up by me for no reason explanation.

I woke up, when I finally did, all fight or flight. Then I realized that was probably a caffeine response (peppermint mocha from MoJo cafe on the way home from work). So maybe I was having the caffeine response already and my mind made up the scary to account for it?

I guess while I was waking up, I swear I heard someone walk, in slippers, in the bedroom, around the bed, over to the nightstand (at which point I tried to open my eyes and kinda saw him) and back out of the room. I was too groggy to be able to rouse myself. Then while I was lying there it occurred to me that a) the SO doesn`t wear slippers, b) he wasn`t due home for another two hours and c) neither was the dog inside. So I completely woke up, but stayed in bed listening for a while, but not another peep. I finally did get up, and nope, no one in the house.

Maybe it was my upstairs neighbor.

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I have those kinds of hallucinations all the time just after falling asleep. Having them just before waking is common too. Same process although they have different names.

LISAH!

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(NOT "Batman." NOT.)

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