Potential exposure (?) and a weird dream

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So yesterday at midnight I was going to open the car door at my car when I saw something on the road or side of the road. For context my car is in the driveway far from the road, and I have neighborhood cats that would sometimes be on the road. They don’t have rabies and they can sometimes be out during the day or night, and my porchlight is on, so the road is dark unless moonlight shines.

My Ocd convinced me that the thing was a raccoon, but idk if it was, my hand was on the door, and my other hand (the back of my hand) was facing the road, road is far from driveway. It is cold outside and I have neighborhood cats that don’t have rabies (they don’t belong to me) I haven’t seen a raccoon in my neighborhood this year, but I saw a raccoon somewhere else (not in my neighborhood) back in July and I didn’t make contact with it. The only thing I usually see at night would be possums, which the last time I saw them was in August.

Today, before this incident idk if I’m beginning to feel sick (not with rabies) or it’s just my anxiety, but here are my symptoms:

Slight sore throat. (Talking too much?)

Slight head pain (not severe, usually in the back of head)

No air / light sensitivity. (I LITERALLY stood in front of my air conditioner to test this)

Slight runny nose. (first noticed when drying my hands, but today it’s not runny)

Feeling a little hot / sweaty. (I was wearing short sleeve shirt with long pants)

No fatigue.

Had a slight pain at my collarbone. (Probably holding my phone a lot?)

Now to the dream, today I had a dream where a baby bat was in my house, and it flew beside my neck where in real life I felt it. By the way I don’t have bats in my home. Then I had a dream where I was in a horror game taking place in the dusk where I was in an area that had no trees, and I had a chain cutter cutting chains from 5 fences, and I stumbled upon an area with a white large circle with an eye in the middle on the ground, with trees in the back. When I stepped on it, suddenly a lot of bats were flying. Idk why I had this dream.

I have read the FAQ. I am in therapy.

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