In regression, Barney remembers suddenly being back in the car, gripping the wheel tightly. He cannot recall how he arrived there or why he feels so exhausted. The transition has dreamlike discontinuity—an abrupt jump from one scene to another.
He feels emotional residue without imagery, similar to waking from a powerful nightmare. His body aches, and the silence inside the car feels unnatural.
Fuller interprets this as a symbolic reassembly typical of dreamlike states embedded within missing-time encounters.
