Thanks Duke, luba, tkdlady
. They freak me out when I wake, but they don't bother me too much after the event, more unsettling than anything else. The worst is when you are in that half asleep/awake state so you're not sure what's real and what's not - especially as I live alone (well, with kids) as I hear stuff in the house. Normally it doesn't bother me at all, just during nightmares. I can sometimes wake myself up, there is a name for it I always forget: being aware you are dreaming while sleeping.
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Have your studies ever included dream analysis?
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No, CBT doesn't place much emphasis on the unconscious self. But you can use dreams in therapeutic work as another manifestation of thoughts/emotion etc.
In my case there is no mystery: I have a wild imagination; the press is full of the story of a child abducted on holiday - very distressing story; the place is a chain and my friends (also Drs like this family) are also holidaying abroad with small kids with the same company; the missing girl's family lives near here, I know their town, my best friend's dad was treated by the dad of the missing girl; I worry about the kids safety, especially abroad without a partner; I'm going to spain with my kids soon; my friend and I were planning to use the babysitting service and i no longer want to; I'm in danger of missing my assignments deadline and so there is a feeling of impending catastrophy.
Good job I have no time to sleep during the next week
I think people deal with this sort of tragedy by telling themselves it couldn't/wouldn't happen to them. The less you can do that, the more they bother you.