I sometimes wake with night terrors where I feel like it's the part of the matrix where the helicopter lowers down outside the window and the minigun fires off.

I sometimes wake with night terrors where I feel like it's the part of the matrix where the helicopter lowers down outside the window and the minigun fires off. I've lept out of bed with the comforter (for some reason) in hand and slammed the door behind me. 40 seconds later I realized that there would prolly be bullet holes in the panel door from the chain gun that I thought was after me. Same for snake in the bed, xxx. those don't bother me much and are kinda fun. The ones that used to get me were the nameless horror coming for me or sucking me down into the depths of a basement or whatever. I learned to yell myself awake. not scream, yell... and I put my right hand up to wake me. You feel paralized for a second or so then your hand moves and you wake up. Then I learned the real trick. As I told my wife, I learned from the matrix... "Tank... I need guns... lots of guns" (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8mbkWMEMB9s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8mbkWMEMB9s)... I've gotten good at it so I literally/mentally reach behind me with my hand and then pull forward and dive into sleep... It's really funny actually because I start chasing the dream... or it swaps... Anyway I told my wife this a while ago... she swears I'm a dream genie or something. She does it sometimes but last week she was being chased by a bear "I don't know why"... I said "why didn't you a) rocket launcher or b) porridge... or you know you love harry potter... levioso!" But yeah now I will purposfully go back into the worst dreams I have and confront them. It feels super ninja esp when you're not actually awake enough to realize it's just a dream you're fighting. It also feels very ninja when you are cackling chasing down the nameless horror with a infinite round rocket launcher or a proton pack.