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A RUN-OF-THE-MILL NIGHTMARE

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Timely prompt since I woke up to a nightmare this very morning.

I had just graduated college or something like it. I had a sister (not my real sister) and another sister/brother — he/she kept switching back and forth which, in the dream seemed perfectly normal. Whatever he/she was, definitely no relation to real me.

My parents (not my real parents, definitely, absolutely nothing like my real parents) were getting them ready for the world. Buying them clothing, renting apartments for them. Getting them cars.

I keep begging for attention, to help me get a car. I needed a car because whatever I was going to do (no idea what it was), I needed to travel. I was just out of college. No money or credit and as I recall, nowhere to live.

Both siblings had professional positions. Vague but  seemingly important. I (apparently) did not. As the dream wound down, I knew no one would help me. Or notice me.

I woke up, realizing I would manage. Because I always manage. I couldn’t go back to sleep, though. I’m worried about money. Again? Or is that still?

Given the way life is, I always will be.

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24 replies

  1. Soul n Spirit
    06/01/2015 • 07:25

    Whenever I travel I have a nightmare of not getting wifi connection in guest rooms and as luck would have it my nightmares often come true since we generally travel to isolated locations. I somehow manage.

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    • Marilyn Armstrong
      06/01/2015 • 08:59

      Some of the places we have gone said they had it, but when we got there, it didn’t work. Other places have improved. There’s no cell service in either Vermont OR Maine. The mountains get in the way. You have a good time too. Hot in Mumbai, isn’t it?

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  2. Raewyn's Photos
    05/27/2015 • 18:01

    My nightmares end up with serious damage to my ex-hubby. Go figure……

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  3. Rick
    05/26/2015 • 21:42

    I thought the nightmare might be that you woke up and Garry was a Yankees fan.

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  4. Laura L.
    05/26/2015 • 19:09

    This is why I’m so glad I rarely remember my dreams. When I do they are always some how disturbing.

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  5. Emilio Pasquale
    05/26/2015 • 13:00

    We all worry about money. I would have all the money I would ever need if I didn’t have to support the government. As for nightmares, mine still revolve around being in public without my pants. Now what’s that all about?

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  6. draliman
    05/26/2015 • 11:52

    I love how bizarre stuff seems so normal in a dream.

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  7. cordeliasmom2012
    05/26/2015 • 11:01

    Even though my kids are grown and on their own, I keep having nightmares wherein we all go on a family vacation to somewhere far away. Sounds nice, right? Not. During the course of the nightmare, my husband takes the kids (who are still small) and leaves me stranded without transportation in a city I’ve never been in before. I always see them driving away, or flying away, and I’m always crying and wondering why they don’t come back for me. Sometimes they even take the dog with them.

    No comments from any psychologists, please – I know it’s a serious sign of insecurity.

    What I can’t understand is why I keep having that nightmare, even though I know neither my husband nor my kids would ever do that to me. And even if it ever did happen, I’m strong enough and smart enough to find my way out of such difficulties. Nightmares are just our fears getting the best of us.

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    • Marilyn Armstrong
      05/26/2015 • 11:07

      It’s yet another version of an anxiety dream. When I was younger, I’d dream I had an exam, but when I got to the room, I realized I hadn’t attended the class, had no idea of what the material was. Or I couldn’t find the room at all. Anxiety. Lots of anxiety. Not necessarily insecurity, but fear.

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  8. Taswegian1957
    05/26/2015 • 10:21

    It’s bad enough having to worry about this stuff when we are awake. You’d think your unconscious would give you a break.

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  9. angloswiss
    05/26/2015 • 10:20

    I used to have nightmares, but now they seem to have deserted me and I just sleep or don’t sleep. Not sleeping is a nightmare in itself, but somehow I compensate the next time round.

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    • Marilyn Armstrong
      05/26/2015 • 10:41

      The only dreams I recall these days are a sort of nightmare. No monsters. They aren’t the wake- up-screaming kind of nightmare, just the wake-up-unhappy-and-worried type. The result is the same. Lack of restful sleep.

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  10. lifelessons
    05/26/2015 • 09:58

    Interesting how dreams usually deal with either frustrations or choices in our lives. https://grieflessons.wordpress.com/2015/05/26/meeting-an-old-friend/

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  11. Garry Armstrong
    05/26/2015 • 09:47

    I had also had a nightmare. No details needed, I think. Unbroken by my early rise and sending the furry kids out to take care of business. The nightmare continued as if there had only been a commercial break. I’m a little fried today.

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