[Gentsworth]

Over the past few months I've been having "pseudo-nightmares," a concept that may prove difficult to grasp.

What I mean by this is, I will have a dream, a dream in which nothing really bad happens, and sometimes good or funny things are happening, yet when I awake I'll be covered in sweat, sometimes gasping. Usually for the remainder of the day I will have a deep, intense feeling tugging at me, like a weight is being hung on my heart, and I'm choking on it.

Case in point, here is the dream I had last night:

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Me and my roommates somehow arrange a vacation to Disney World. We get our plane tickets, and head out.

I notice, out of the corner of my eye, a young blonde woman, one whom I actually know in real life. After the plane arrives at our destination, I greet the young woman, and we more or less stick together from here on out. Talking about things and getting to know each other better.

We have to take a bus from the airport to Disney World, me and the blonde get on. My roommates have mysteriously disappeared it seems, and do not show up for the remainder of the dream.

Turns out the bus is actually Optimus Prime, and we have to ride a ride in order to get to the rides.

After we finally make it to the hotel, the blonde woman says she needs to get ready before we head out. So she goes to her room for a bit, and emerges from her quarters in nothing but a scantily, see-through lingerie outfit, and just smiles at me. I observe her, notice she is completely flat-chested for some reason (she is not in real life).

We both laugh for a brief moment, before I immediately stop and tell her, in a stern voice, to "Get dressed."

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It is here that I wake up, experiencing the same symptoms described in the first paragraphs.

Just a bit of backstory on me: I'm 22 years old, was an assistant plumber, was in the military, and somewhat recently just recovered from homelessness. Yes, I am also a virgin, which may explain the dream, I suppose, but I don't know. What is your assessment?

[Astridetal]

I don't know what this dream means, but I can relate to the "pseudo-nightmare" symptoms. They are in my case being explained away as PTSD symptoms even though the dreams themselves are not particularly trauma-related (which would be expected if you have PTSD). I don't have any advice fo ryou but just wanted to say you're not alone.