I had a dream last night that was downright traumatizing. It was by far the worst dream I've had in my entire life:
I was eating a new local restaurant called Cowboy's that opened up recently in the dream. It's just your average burger joint trying to copy off the success of bigger chain restaurants like McDonald's, Burger King, and Dairy Queen. But anyway, while I was eating I heard something odd coming from the back room of the restaurant so I went back there and investigated.
In that room I saw an image that I still can't manage to get out of my head:A bunch of people were being unbelievably cruel to dogs back there. They were kicking puppies, stomping on innocent adorable dogs as they howled out in pain, chasing around a cute beagle puppy with a butcher knife and then stabbing it as I watched in horror, skinning dogs alive, euthanizing them for no reason, and so on. But there was one thing I saw in that dream that makes me an absolute wreck whenever I think about it:One person in the dream took a pregnant dog and ripped her unborn puppies out of her stomach as she cried out in pain.
I then asked the manager of the restaurant what the heck was going on there (although trust me I was far too distressed to say "heck" but I figured I'd censor it with this being a family forum and all) and he proceeded to tell me that their employees think dogs are disgusting creatures and want to kill as many of them as possible. He explained to me that they sneak into the backyards of unsuspecting pet owners and steal their dogs to torture/kill.
At the end of the dream, I took my two outside dogs and brought them into the house for safety just in case that mean man ever finds them. Then I woke up.
After waking up from that horrific nightmare, I couldn't help myself. I ran to the bathroom and threw up for a prolonged amount of time. I wish I could just wipe those terrible images out of my mind but unfortunately they will probably always be there.
I feel physically sick because of that dream. Things like horror movies, creepypastas, scary video games, etc. don't bother me at all. The only reason I don't really like horror is because I think a lot of is predictable, cliched, and borderline laughable at times. But having a nightmare like that, especially one that felt so real, that absolutely terrifies me to no end.