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I'm a child who suffers intense nightmares but instead of calling or seeing comfort from others, crawls under the bed and covers her head

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What would have happened if she called out for help? Who would have comforted her?

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In the morning she realizes that she has survived and her fear was just imagined

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Well, shining a light on things always makes the boogeyman go back in the closet. But I would ask whether that means the boogeyman was never there? Or was he there, but only in the dark? If he goes away at dawn, does that have to mean that the experience is invalidated? Or can we accept the experience as a moment when we needed comfort but it wasn't there.