You see it in movies fairly frequently ... folks waking up from dreams or nightmares screaming or crying. But how often does this happen in "real" life?

This morning, I awoke from a pretty emotional dream, crying.

Briefly, in the dream, I found myself "reunited" with a military troupe that was about to go on another combat mission. [I am not now, nor have I ever been in the military.] In the dream, the combat started ... but somehow, a truce was negotiated amongst the battling groups, and I was wondering around and amongst the various troops, there were women and children amongst both groups of soldiers and I could not tell the difference between the two warring "sides".

As I wandered amongst them all, I started to cry, until, I actually fell to my knees and began bawling my eyes out cuz my heart felt like such lead.

When I woke, I was crying. But no time to dally in the moment ... had to get up and go to work as I was already late - had overslept.

So this got me wondering ... how common is it for folks to wake up from a dream in which they are crying to find themselves actually crying. Or in other cases, to wake up screaming from screaming in the dream.

This happens to me at least a few times each year but is always startling and incredibly moving.

Comments?

SMiles