Thread: Confused Newbie

Hey. I'm Tony. I'm 15 and I have no idea why I'm interested in dreaming, I just am. Like for some reason lately I've been really into plants, and that like came out of nowhere. So anyways, I'm a newbie to Dreamviews and I have a question.
So I'm maybe 6 or 7 years old and I'm living with my grandma and her friend. And one night I stay awake way past my bedtime to watch this wierd movie with them about a robot dog that likes killing people I guess. So it really scared me. So I go to sleep and wake up in the middle of the night to the sound of scratching in the hallway. So I get up to see what it is and there's this dog. I don't remember perfectly but the closest thing I can think of was a white, maybe tan pitbull. It's in the middle of the hallway running towards me but it's not moving, like it's floating or something, but I can hear it's nails scratching the tile floor. So, being 6 or 7 years old, I run to my bed and call my grandma. She comes and asks what's wrong and I ask if she say the dog in the hallway to which she replies yes. As I get older she admits that she didn't see anything and that I was probably dreaming. But I know I was awake, and how could she have remembered me asking if she saw the dog if I really didn't ask her at all? In the 5 Stages of WILD in the tutorials section I saw that you can have have hypnogogic and visual imagery during relaxation and transition but I was already asleep.
Now comes the question.
Does anybody know or have any ideas about this?
Sorry if it's a little lengthy and thanks for taking the time to read it.
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