Often times when I wake up from a particularly brutal nightmare I feel uneasy for the rest of the day. After spending all night fighting off zombies or whatever I usually don’t feel like interacting with people. But why? I don’t really think I’m going to be attacked by zombies. Well, maybe. But probably not. Even though I know I’m not going to be attacked, I wake up with a whole slew of physiological responses which indicate that my body is prepared for the bloody monsters should they somehow escape my dreams.
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