This happens. I had a nightmare once about some menacing stranger appearing in the bedroom. I woke myself up with a fairly quiet scream that also woke up my spouse, who wanted to hear all about the dream. After describing it, I quickly fell back to sleep. In the morning I learned that instead of also going back to sleep, my spouse had lain awake for quite a long time, too nervous to get back to sleep!
This happens. I had a nightmare once about some menacing stranger appearing in the bedroom. I woke myself up with a fairly quiet scream that also woke up my spouse, who wanted to hear all about the dream. After describing it, I quickly fell back to sleep. In the morning I learned that instead of also going back to sleep, my spouse had lain awake for quite a long time, too nervous to get back to sleep!