Usually if I remember my dreams I can easily identify how the dream relates to something I was thinking about that day, but last night I had a dream I can't figure out.

A couple things might have contributed to this. First, I haven't slept well for over a year. I used to be a good sleeper, but now have trouble falling asleep and staying asleep. About three months ago I started taking Ambien. I've taken it every night sense then. Last night I didn't take any. I want to try to cut back on the number of nights I take it. I slept horribly and woke up about every hour. I know stopping the Ambien probably caused a rebound effect. Also, I had a headache all night.

Anyway, I had this dream that felt like I was in a violent video game. I don't play video games. The last time was probably a year ago when my work had a happy hour at Dave & Busters. I knew I was dreaming at the time, so couldn't have been fully awake or fully asleep. In the dream I was with my ex-H, but I think in the dream he was still my H or maybe a boyfriend. We were being chased by guys that looked like gang members with guns. The location kept changing (empty warehouses, gyms, roof-tops, alleyways) but each time these people would be shooting at us and we'd be shooting back and I was scared, but at the same time knew it wasn't real. The dream never really ended I finally just got up at 5am.

Sorry for the long post...any ideas what the dream might have meant?