Howling dreams

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Ever since around ten years old I would have dreams that involve a scream. Many times there would be something visual that was scary, but there were times when there was nothing. Whether scary or not, they were most disturbing. Last night I had a dream that changed my attitude. It takes place in one of two places I lived in the Frankfurt Germany area. Military housing in the 70s were pretty standard, and the apartments were mirror images of each other. When I was 10-11 we lived in a version where one has to turn left to get into the dining room, coming in from the front door. This was the opposite, so it was either when I lived in Camp King when I was 14 or Langen Terrace when I was 15 and 16. It starts off dark. I'm doing something in the bedroom, putting something together. But I get up and start walking down the hall to the living room. And it is not like other dream where I at least think I am doing it on my will. I am being made to walk this path. I get into the living room, very well lit, as my room and the hallway was dark. I face left toward the dining area. There are four men gathered around the table there, piled high with what look like small decorations, knick knacks, or perhaps small toys. I let out a howl. It was similar in feeling to when I would scream in the previous dreams. But here I am well aware that I am not afraid. The thing that made me walk into the room was the same thing that made me yell out, not any horror that I was feeling at the moment. So now I am wondering about the previous dreams - did I actually just howl instead of scream in terror like I originally thought, at least on the times where there was nothing to be screaming about? Thank you.