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.
Yes, thank God for good dreams. You wake up smiling instead of sweating! Thanks for reading this and for taking the time to write. I appreciate it. I hope your break is going well!
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.
Disconcerting, isn't it? Luckily, we have good dreams, as well!
"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.
Yes, thank God for good dreams. You wake up smiling instead of sweating! Thanks for reading this and for taking the time to write. I appreciate it. I hope your break is going well!
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.
I love this explanation/theory. I now know better than to watch something violent on TV just before I go to sleep.
To be discussed next time we meet.
Uh-oh.
Metaphors we can’t decipher? Or we don’t want to bring them to light? Like the image added to crisp prose. Judith Harmon Miller
Yes, all of the above. Dreams are still a mystery, even with Dr. Freud.