Do you ever have daymares?

I thought I invented the term, and that I was the only person in the universe who got them. They happened a lot when I was a kid, slowed in college, and then came back in grad school.

So. weird.

But I googled, and apparently, it& #39;s in the dictionary!

Daymares are like nightmares, but while you& #39;re awake.

When I get caught up in one, 40 minutes or an hour can pass without my even noticing. Usually I& #39;m walking in circles the whole time, without even noticing.

They& #39;re terrifying, and it& #39;s so hard to break free.

They usually involve someone trying to kill me. Or, someone trying to kill someone else and me intervening but failing - and then getting killed. Or making some terrible mistake that results in my death or someone else& #39;s.

I& #39;m almost always aware that it& #39;s happening but can& #39;t seem to pull myself out of it.

It& #39;s like watching a movie in my head.

BUT, though I can& #39;t stop it, I can rewind it and try to change it.

BUT, no matter how many times I rewind/change it, the end is still the same. Futile.

It& #39;s kind of like daydreaming. But scary and distressing and morbidly gripping.