There was a period in my life years ago when I had nightmares. When I woke up—usually because of the bad dream—I was in a state of terror. That word, “terror,” is not an exaggeration. The word means “a state of intense or overwhelming fear.” I was often trembling, lathered in sweat, heart racing.
You describe this horror so vividly! There's a reason they call them "night terrors." You bring up a scary point---what IS it about me that creates these? I never thought of it that way before---yikes.
"It stays with you all day," sounds right. I just had that happen to me and it was very uncomfortable. Thank God for good dreams! Some of them come to me fairly regularly, flying dreams, floating dreams. So bIissful! Always a pleasure to read your posts and look at the interesting illustrations you pick.
Are they a kind of inoculation against one's worst fears happening in real life perhaps, a way of being prepared? I wonder if these scenes are entirely created anew from our unconscious or whether they stem from some entirely forgotten film or TV documentary that has marked us more than we realised.
You describe this horror so vividly! There's a reason they call them "night terrors." You bring up a scary point---what IS it about me that creates these? I never thought of it that way before---yikes.
"It stays with you all day," sounds right. I just had that happen to me and it was very uncomfortable. Thank God for good dreams! Some of them come to me fairly regularly, flying dreams, floating dreams. So bIissful! Always a pleasure to read your posts and look at the interesting illustrations you pick.
Are they a kind of inoculation against one's worst fears happening in real life perhaps, a way of being prepared? I wonder if these scenes are entirely created anew from our unconscious or whether they stem from some entirely forgotten film or TV documentary that has marked us more than we realised.
To be discussed next time we meet.