It was Terrible, I almost called my husband at 3am to tell him

Last night was terrible, it was so difficult to sleep amd when I finally fell asleep I had this horrible nightmare about being captured or something, has anyone ever had nightmares like that? I literally woke up crying and practically screamed. I was so panicked that if don't care what time it was and wanted to call my husband to have him console me since I was away due to work. It was so horrible, what do you think it means??