screaming in sleep

the night before was rough. i had to make do with a much shorter meditation. later in the day hubby said, you were screaming in your sleep, i couldn't wake you up, you scared me so bad. only then memory of a dream swelled up. a big black cat stood on my chest. it is thumping on my sternum with its right front paw. but there was no audible sound even though i shouted and yelled. i tried to move the body but it didn't respond. at some point, i heard hubby calling me and i glided into the murky zone between sleeping and waking for a while before falling back asleep.