I often remember my dreams in detail, good or bad. I also dream in vivid colors and do have lucid dreams now and then, where I know in the dream that I am dreaming.
The night before last I had a lucid dream. In the dream I decided to take my dog out for a walk and didn't tell my husband or think much of it. As I started to walk through the neighborhood, there were a large number of dogs loose on the streets, mine was also off-lead. I was watchful that a large aggressive dog might go after him, so I was paying attention.
I wanted to get out of the neighborhood and take a longer walk in a wooded park. I was holding a folding chair for some reason, and saw an open shed that I thought of as my own, or at least shared with others. I wanted to put the chair in there so I wouldn't have to carry it around on the walk.
When I came out of the shed, I couldn't see my dog anywhere and it was starting to get dark. I started calling him and reached in my pocket for my phone to let my husband know what was going on, I forgot my phone at home and was kicking myself for that.
As I walked and called, I could still see loose dogs roaming around the area. I saw something under a bush that I thought was my dog, when I called his name and looked under the bush, a grey cougar came out from underneath. I started to walk through the bushes and two other wild cats were there in my way, looking at me. I knew not to run, stay calm and keep my cool. At this point I acknowledged in the dream that it was only a dream, I'd be okay and will wake up soon.
I walked past them without incident, continued frantically calling for my dog and then woke up, relieved that he was right there in bed with me and what I felt in the lucid dream was true. I've had lucid dreams in the past, some were real nightmares, and it's comforting in the dream to realize that you're just asleep and it's really not happening.
