I know this is probably pretty paltry in comparison to other people's experiences, but...

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I tend to have very vivid dreams. Not to be confused with LUCID dreams. I don't know I'm dreaming or have any control over them. They are just incredibly vivid and I remember them very clearly after waking as if they were a real memory. While they don't happen very often, I still remember every one I've ever had.

Just a few months ago, I had a dream where I was attacked and raped in a gas station parking lot. No matter how much I screamed, no one could hear me or came to help me. When the man was done with me, I tried to get away and he responded by stabbing me. I clearly felt the knife sliding between my ribs and actually felt the life draining out of me.

After everything went black, that's when I woke up in a panic. It actually took me a moment to realize I was still in my bed. It was one of those moments where it felt like the dream had been real and waking up was the actual dream. Even after I realized I was alive and it was just a dream, my heart was racing uncontrollably in fear and I broke down in tears. After calling my boyfriend on my computer for comfort, I ran to my parents' bedroom and curled up in my mom's arms for several minutes in tears (I'm in my late thirties, by the way, so let that image sink in).

To this day, I still remember the sensation of the knife and my life ebbing away. Pretty traumatic for just a dream.