When you wake up after a sleep, have you ever wondered what you went through during your sleep was a dream or reality? Sometimes dreams feel so real that we won't be able to understand what's happening. It left us confused

I started getting nightmares when I left home to pursue my higher studies. I used to dream about ghosts chasing me. For three years, during my stay in my hostel when I was doing my B.A, I tried to understand why am I getting such weird dreams. I convinced myself telling that negative thoughts and energy are leaving my subconscious mind in the form of dreams.

After completing my bachelor degree, I went to Garhwal Uttarakhand for my master degree. I decided to stay in a hostel during my first year but during that time my nightmares grew bad and scarier than before. Before  ghost just used to chase me, now they wanted to kill me.

Anyway, I left the hostel after a year, not because of the nightmares that I get, but due to a lodging problem during the short holiday.

In my second year, I rented a room and started staying there. I was staying on the first floor while my friend was staying on the ground. The place was pretty good. From my room, I could see beautiful Mountain, the Alaknanda river and the bridge that connects the village across the river to Srinagar.

My nightmares were still there but they weren't as bad as they used to be. I have told my friends about it, so when we went to Vaishno Devi temple, they took me to Bhairav Nath temple and got a black thread asking me to wear it as it will keep negative energy away from me. But instead of wearing it, I kept it in my room alter and forgot about it.

One day, it was raining cats and dogs. There was a power cut and my phone was running out of battery. So I decided to sleep early as there wasn't much to do. My friend wasn't there. He was on the train that day on his way to his hometown. That night I had the scariest experience of my life. I still don't know whether it was a dream or a reality.

It was raining heavily. There was a thunderstorm along with lighting. Suddenly the window of my room was open. When the lightning struck again, I was a shadow outside my window trying to get inside the room. At that moment I couldn't understand what to do. Somehow, I gather my courage, closed the window and searched for the candle and kept the candle burning the whole night. I couldn't sleep a wink that night. From that night I started sleeping with the light on.

I didn't tell my friend about least he should not feel guilty of not being there when I was in need. After few months, I just told him casually about it. Yes, he scolded me first asking why I didn't call him when I was scared. Then he asked me about that black thread which we got from Bhairav Nath Temple. When I told him it's on my altar, he asked me to wear it immediately.

My nightmares decreased after wearing it. I still get the same nightmares but it's rare now. I no longer wear that thread. It's been 11 years since that incident but I still wonder what was that that I experienced that night.