I had THE WORST nightmares just before I woke up today!

[gardenista]

God, I've never been so terrified! They were so realistic.

In all of these dreams, I truly thought that I was awake and these things were really happening. Usually I have that filter where I know I'm dreaming, and just enjoying the show.

First, I woke up and went into the shower, but everything was trippy in the shower, with the shape of the tub changing, and the wall moving farther and farther away.

Then I go to wash my hands and there's some weird table with knick-knacks on it where the sink is supposed to be. Ok, I move on, and return to the bedroom, when suddenly I'm in somebody's front yard, having just walked on a nest of yellow jackets, who are stinging me on my wrists and ankles. Then I'm back in the bedroom again, looking over the side of the bed where my foot brace (broke my foot recently) is lying there, completely bloodied, and my feet and arms are covered with blood. (I guess from scratching the bee stings?)

Then I hear my husband come back home, must have missed the bus, and he walks in, turns on some water somewhere, clears his throat, and gets back into bed with me, but I can't see him because I'm turned in the other direction, terrified that if I turn around to see him it won't really be him. I was paralized by fear, eyes open and trying to call out his name, but nothing came out except for little squeaks.

God, it was absolutely freaky and scary!!! Normally I would blame it on Vicodin for the foot, but I've been off of it for two days now. Can it cause bad dreams so long after you've taken it?

Whew, I'm glad I'm awake and the sun is shining!

Any armchair phsychologists want to take a crack at that one?

[tk2kewl]

1. Vicodin withdrawal maybe?

:shrug:

[gardenista]

4. Who knows, I've only taken it for about 10 days, and never more than

4 tabs a day, but you could be right. Man, I don't know what people see in that drug. It made me sick to my stomach, and very groggy and out of it. But it sure did take the pain away!

[Wickerman]

2. Now you know why Rush is whacked out

his whole life is either being loaded or suffering from withdrawal. And I'm only guessing, but bet that 1 oxy = 3 vikings.

[gardenista]

6. If this is what he goes through every night, then I understand why he's

so into fear!

Normally I have very happy, entertaining dreams, but this was a living hell. I am sure that I would be completely insane if I had to go through that for longer than a couple of months.

[Whoa_Nelly]

3. Join the club

My realistic nightmares right before waking today included poisonous snakes, a boa constrictor, and alligators...all while I was in Mexico and trying to get away in slippery, slimy mud. And I couldn't leave the back alley areas where this was happening as I knew I wouldn't be allowed to go back through any buildings to the main streets (which is the way I got to the alley areas), and no one spoke any English. I was terrified.

Hope you find out some meaning about your dream. I already know what mine meant.

[gardenista]

7. Isn't it amazing what we can conjure up in our heads? How we see every

detail, and feel every tactile sensation?

Our brains are unfathomable to me.

Glad you know what your dream meant. Do you happen to be running away from a relationship at the moment?

[Whoa_Nelly]

15. Not exactly a relationship

Am in the middle, (and crossing over to making a huge physical move...again) of deciding to stay in CA near my son and family and not being able to afford to live, or moving to the midwest where I can afford to buy a home and could work full-time as an Interior Designer. Grammy (me) would only be a short plane ride away to see the family and be in touch with the kids (one g-daughter, and one g-son due in Oct.)

It's funny about the boa constrictor. It was submerged under a huge puddle in a big dip in a downhill alleyway that went back to the main streets. I was trying to keep up with my daughter-in-law, (she's Hispanic), as she ran down the alley with a huge rolled up carpeting on her head. Some other Mexicans came to help her carry it, and as I started sliding in the mud down the alleyway, and saw her move past some shadowy thing, I saw that thing was a boa constrictor moving around that would be able to grab me by the time I got to it. That's when I slip-slided back up the alleyway slope and found the poisonous snakes in my way...right where I had to grab for handholds. I did make it up slope and out of alleyway, and started running and almost ran right through a bunch of alligators. That's when I turned and ran the other way knowing I would not be allowed to go through the buildings to the main streets.

In essence, my dream was about feeling trapped and looking for a way back to a main street of life.

PS
Just talked with my son. He told me he's getting wood flooring put in his house, and will be ripping the carpet out and rolling it up to be taken away....lol...kinda funny since I dreamed about DIL with a rolled up carpeting on her head.

[gardenista]

18. Wow, prescience about the carpet! You must have been exhausted

after that dream. I think your dream shows that you can anticipate obstacles before they stop you, and probably that your powers of observation will get you through even the most perilous times.

Good skills to have when making a move and starting a business.

[meegbear]

5. How did you break your foot?

wrists and ankles being attacked, bloody brace ....

[gardenista]

8. Walked into a poorly designed house where the entry

threshold was 10" above the floor, with no step. My foot thought there was a step there, and got confused. Poor foot. It was my brain's fault. And the architect of that stupid house.

[meegbear]

12. Hmm ...

wondering if there was a correlation between the events of breaking it and how your ankles/wrists were affected.

[gardenista]

14. Well, obviously, I'm very fearful of anymore damage to the foot.

I realize that I get very, very nervous if anyone or anything gets near the foot, and can hardly even bear for the doctor to touch it, even though it's much less painful now.

Could have been some pain transforming itself in my brain to bee stings.

I think I've had a reckoning about my own fragility and mortality, and the ankles and wrists represent self-sufficiency. On crutches, you can't do anything for yourself.

[LynzM]

9. Hugs to you, dude

:hug: I've had some pretty petrifying dreams, about people I love dying in all kinds of horrible ways, losing my daughter, getting stuck places... such an awful feeling. I hope tonight is better!

[gardenista]

10. Shiver.... Thanks!

:hug:

I hope you have better dreams, too! I guess this is the way the universe lets us clear our brains of our worst fears? I don't know. I just wish I could get back to the dream where I find the perfect place to lie down and read a good book, or where my husband and I are in some exotic location making love... You know, the good kind.

[LynzM]

11. Yeah, I agree...

Scary stuff going through my brain, that is sub-conscious most of the daytime, but comes out at night, sometimes. I know death is supposed to represent change in dreams, so it makes a lot of sense (changing relationships, etc.), but what does losing someone physically represent? Or is that just a normal mom fear from having a toddler? :crazy:

[gardenista]

13. Yeah, I had one of those, too. Lost a 4 year old in some kind of

amusement park.

What I've heard is that we are actually represented in some way by every character in our dreams, but I don't know if I believe that.

I think you're just having normal mom fear, and maybe the dream is a way of reminding you to be vigilant? dunno.

Anyway, may all our good dreams come true, and all our bad dreams fend off the very events they depict!

[Whoa_Nelly]

16. It is normal

It's called Mother Love dreaming...happens to a lot of moms. Had it happen to me many times when my son was young. Now I have the same thing all over again regarding my g-daughter (she's three).

[LynzM]

17. Good to hear...

We were in this giant museum with a built-in giant water slide... :scared: I haven't felt panic like that in a long, long time...

[sakabatou]

19. I've had worse from a Lexapro withdrawl

But yours is really freaky.

[Old_Fart]

20. What if the armchair psychologists need a psychiatrists?

n/t