Dream Journal - 07/02/04

I am either watching, or actually am, the character "Will" from Land of the Lost. (refer to the link if you're not familiar with the show)

My dad and sister are gone, and I'm not sure where they are. I apparently have figured out a way to get back home, and it involved stringing a rope through a window - but first I have to step out onto the entrance to our cave.

When I do, I hear Grumpy the T. Rex roar in the not-too-far-off distance - I feel a shudder of real fear go through me/Will. I am paralyzed by the fear that the T. Rex is about to come and eat me.

I don't have the opportunity to feel real fear in my life - I lead a pretty safe existence. And I've watched dinosaurs TV shows and movies for years, and visited theme parks where they are simulated and have never felt a fear like this. I was terrified because I thought it was real. There was a real, living, breathing, eating dinosaur nearby and it was coming for me.