Snowdog
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A little while back I experienced a most disturbing situation.
I dreamt I was being chased by a tiger and awake from this dream with my hand gripping my pistol's handle, still on the nightstand. This happened within half an hour after laying down.
I remember from my college days that there are periods of light sleep where the body isn't completely incapacitated, leaving a person physically able to react to dreams. If memory serves me correctly, this is sometimes referred to as a hypnogogic state. In the past, I have been known to leap out of bed soon after falling asleep, dodging the path of a giant spider repelling from the ceiling towards me and such similar things. However, this is the first time I've made a grab for my pistol.
Fortunately, this was a Steyr M40 with a funky manual safety... though I am uncertain if I had the cognitive ability to deactivate this feature or not while in this state.
Since this episode, I've been keeping my Steyr in the safe and the shotgun nearby (yet out of immediate reach).
Has anyone else experienced such disturbing "sleepwalking" similar to this?
I don't feel completely comfortable without having a pistol within arm's reach at all times, but I certainly don't like the prospect of blowing a hole through the ceiling while defending myself from phantom spiders and tigers.
Any ideas?
I dreamt I was being chased by a tiger and awake from this dream with my hand gripping my pistol's handle, still on the nightstand. This happened within half an hour after laying down.
I remember from my college days that there are periods of light sleep where the body isn't completely incapacitated, leaving a person physically able to react to dreams. If memory serves me correctly, this is sometimes referred to as a hypnogogic state. In the past, I have been known to leap out of bed soon after falling asleep, dodging the path of a giant spider repelling from the ceiling towards me and such similar things. However, this is the first time I've made a grab for my pistol.
Fortunately, this was a Steyr M40 with a funky manual safety... though I am uncertain if I had the cognitive ability to deactivate this feature or not while in this state.
Since this episode, I've been keeping my Steyr in the safe and the shotgun nearby (yet out of immediate reach).
Has anyone else experienced such disturbing "sleepwalking" similar to this?
I don't feel completely comfortable without having a pistol within arm's reach at all times, but I certainly don't like the prospect of blowing a hole through the ceiling while defending myself from phantom spiders and tigers.
Any ideas?