Posted by wendy b. on April 14, 2003, at 9:58:20
In reply to Dreams, posted by WorryGirl on April 13, 2003, at 19:57:25
hi there, sorry about your disturbed sleep patterns lately. i suffer from the same thing - last week i guess from the increase in sunlight and the daylight savings time change, i slept MAYBE 3 or 3 1/2 hrs for several nights in a row. boy, was i blotto by the time thursday rolled around. two people at work asked me if everything was ok! i must have looked pretty bad, which is not my usual presentation to the world, where i always make a show of everything being ok, whether it is or not...
anyway, dreams are the place where we work out unconscious desires, fears, premonitions, etc. like: ever have a slightly bad feeling about somebody, and then have them turn into homicidal maniacs in your nightmares? and sometimes your impression in your dream turns out to be correct? other times not, but still... premonitions are freaky.
your reaction is normal, it does get disturbing. sometimes. i think people like us do better getting just shy of 8 hours of sleep - we're just not used to having that extra REM sleep time! anxiety dreams are supposedly helpful (according to freud), like anticipatory dreams about public performance (speeches) or important test-taking. ususally a mild amount of anxiety helps one do better.
your dream about your husband is also pretty standard, but probably based on some negative thoughts YOU are having about him, and then getting transformed. just a guess, really; anything he did lately that pissed you off? it's all about security and stability, and maintaining a kind of balance. don't let it freak you out. he sounds like a good guy if he takes the kids and does stuff with them without being asked to - a rare breed, even today.
the tornado is some kind of sexual reference, i'm sure, but not knowing any of the dream-story details, it's hard to tell. any other things you remember about it?
take care, and sleep well,
Wendy
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