There could be several reasons that cause my insessant nightmares: Stress, real life inspiration, alcohol... who knows? One thing is for sure: I have them almost every single week! The week before I left for Texas, I had them EVERY single day. And while there, I had them at least twice a week. What is wrong with me?!
I must explain though that not every dream is actually horrifying per se. Some aren't even scary at all but there's this intangible fear and anxiety I feel as my character in the dream, like a "sense of impending doom or panic"... as if my dream were in a movie and the sound track just got spooky. Does that make sense?
Last night for example, I had a horrible dream that I had to take care of a baby for hours on end. It kept misbehaving or ruining its clothes so I had to continually care for it, EVEN THOUGH I had all of this Science homework to do. I was so tapped out with anxiety!
It's mostly bizarre, because a) I've never had to take care of a baby, and b) I was in my parents house where I lived in high school and goodness knows what "science" meant in dream code. I'm thinking Physics.
The absolute oldest recurring nightmare I have is the one where I'm on a bike with my brother and we ride off of a dock into the ocean. We just sink and sink into the darkness until I wake up with a start. I've had this dream minimum 15 times over the course of just as many years.
The American Sleep Association website says I have a problem and need to see a therapist. That's not uplifting.
I'm starting a new job on Thursday. I hope that decreases stress levels and my subconscious eases up on the frightmares.
Last night I had a dream that my boobs were sagging. UGH! SCARYYYY!!!
ReplyDeleteI used to have a reoccurring dream that I could not punch in normal speed. Everything was in slow motion for me. I got my ass kicked a lot in my dreams.
ReplyDeleteInteresting... I've had that dream too! I'd wake up thinking, "wow what terrible form!"
ReplyDeleteI have a reoccurring dream where I am running as fast as I can through one of my old neighborhoods in NJ. A giant t-rex is chasing me, so I run into a home to hide, only to find a bunch of boys that are watching football. They don't care that I am in hysteria so I pull up one of the boards in the floor and crawl into a bunny hole. fin.
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