[Janet]

Last night I had a nightmare, which is rare. Night terrors I have, but rarely nightmares. I was in my bedroom, but instead of my single bed near the wall I was in a double bed in the center of the room. Other than that the room was the same, including the TV and VCR that have only been in there for about a week. In the dream the sound of the VCR turning on woke me up and the time was 4:47. There's no lighted clock in my room, but there was in the dream.

Then someone knocked on my bedroom door, loudly. I got up and walked to the door, but even in the dream I was still half asleep. I opened the door and said, "Who the - who the hell are you?" Or rather tried to say it, none of the words were really coming out and it felt like my teeth were clenched. Then I screamed and said, "Wake up! Wake up!" and then I woke up. I never saw who the person at the door was. I often have this thing in dreams where I can't see anything and when I try to open my eyes I open them for real and wake up. This was one of those things.

I'm not sure why I was sure the person at the door was a threat. Usually when I dream there is someone in the house, it's a sibling who has a key so there's no fear. Last night it was definitely a stranger and scary. Could be because I was sick yesterday. Illness often sets off my sleep disorder as well as causing nightmares.