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UGH!!! What a Nightmare!!!

Ares2010

Ares2010

Ex Snakephobian
Last night I had one of the worst nightmares I can remember having in a very long time.

It started out with me just sitting in my room and reading. Then I became aware of something being very wrong. And it was then I smelled something burning. Out of instinct, I looked towards Ares' tank and saw him squirming. His little mouth was opening and closing rapidly.

I went over to look what was going on and saw that he was stuck in melted glass where his heating pad got so hot it melted it.

I realized instantly he was in agony and that's why his little mouth was rapidly opening and closing; he was silently screaming in agony.

I started screaming "No, No.. Noooo", while frantically trying to gently remove him from the melted glass. I couldn't get him out as the melted glass was stuck to him and I was so afraid to use more force thinking I would pull him apart.

I don't remember ever feeling so helpless as I uselessly tried so hard to get him unstuck from the melted glass.

I screamed and screamed along with him.. but you could only hear my screams.. not his. But I felt his horrific pain.

I woke up from my own screaming, with tears rolling down my cheeks.

I knew it was just a dream but with that terrible image pounding through my head, I had to see myself that he was ok.

I turned on my light, walked across my bedroom and lifted his tank lid and frantically searched for him. It didn't take me long to realize where he was. Then I lifted up his hidey hole on the warm side of his tank and there he was all coiled up fast asleep.

I let out a huge sigh of relief in which he lifted up his little head and looked at me.. as if to say, "Mama, you woke me up." LOL

I gently placed his hidey hole back over him and went back to bed. After about 20 minutes of calming myself down, I finally went back to sleep.

Man, that was terrible. UGH
 
Aww, that sounds terrible.

Remember it's only a dream, he's okay!
Glad you got back to sleep.

I used to get nightmares every night, and then my S/O got me a dream catcher.
It actually works pretty well, might just be like 'sugar pills' helping people get better by their own mind strength... But either way, I rarely get bad dreams now.
 
Yeah, it was crazy.

At least I slept last night without a problem. LOL

God I hope I never dream that again.
 
I have irrational nightmares about my little ones, too. I once dreamed that I crushed Ariadne in a book and her tongue was lolling out as she struggled to breathe. It was horrifying, and when I woke up I immediately dug through her tank to find her hiding in a little burrow, wondering what all the fuss was about. I think I'm just over-protective.

You sound like a kindred spirit. I get the same kind of anxious, intensely emotional nightmares about people and pets I care for. Not all the time, but often enough to be disturbing. I feel for you! Thankfully it was just a dream and your little guy is fine.
 
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