Dream I'm still processing

Earlier this week I had a wicked dream.

In the dream I was lying in my bed on my stomach looking at my phone. Just doom scrolling.

Then I received a Zoom call? I don't use Zoom and only know it being used for court proceedings (like my current divorce).

I answered and I saw a court room, but from the position of the stand? Not random peoples' faces like I'd have expected. I could see the spectators (my dad was there in the audience) and plaintiff/defendant tables with their lawyers in front of me. Someone off camera was asking me questions as if I'd been there for awhile and I froze up because I had no idea what was going on.

All of a sudden I was sucked in and found myself standing in the middle of the court room. I turned around and saw a judge sitting on a very tall wooden stand. I thought, this is strange, this feels like a foreign court lol dumb.

Anyway, the judge started reviewing a stack of papers and said, "with how many times she's been arrested we're just going to call this a wrap and send her to prison."

Still frozen with fear I tried to mutter, "I've never been arrested before." I tried to say the only time I'd even been in a police car was when I was Baker Acted because of these dreams, my old job, these people were driving me crazy. No one heard me.

Somehow I was given a chance to say goodbye to my family, like a suspended sentence but only for a day or two.

I met up with my parents somehow and asked them what happened. My dad explained that I'd been driving down the highway and abandoned my car and called him to pick me up and they're going to tow my car for evidence?

I explained to him that I was just in bed scrolling thru Reddit and had no idea what he was talking about, but that I could see why they were upset about me abandoning my car.

I told him I'd never been in trouble before and he asked why I didn't say that in court. I told him I tried but felt like I was being choked and couldn't get the words out loud enough for anyone to hear me. Then told my parents I suppose I should say my goodbyes and get going.

Then I woke up with this awful feeling, not knowing whether that was real life or not? Took a while to come around to reality again and realize I have to go to work.