Thread by @ekverstania

My bag was gone. Phone, everything. They left my wallet on a bench in the mall, flayed, with just some business card I've had in there for ages. I lost my ability to speak as a stumbled towards the busy supermarket. Could just say, with great difficulty, "Police. Police."

But...

I knew that the police would not recover my money, my cards, everything else.

And on top of it all, I had forgotten where I was staying, the name of the hotel.

And then I woke up! I woke up! Haaa, relief after waking from a nightmare is such a nice way to start the day!

I tried to go back to the dream after that so that I could catch the thieves, but I had to decide whether I would do it from the top, swooping down from plan view, or from below, which seemed more complicated but more realistic... So I dozed off in indecision over the plot.

I usually like to return to nightmares so that I can finish them off on my own terms.

OK, it depends on the nightmare too. Definitely prefer to go back to the ones where bad guys are pursuing me, to confront them.

The nightmares where I have forgotten to feed animals... those are among the worst.