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November 04, 2007
Sleep
All week I've had horrendous nightmares. I haven't started shouting (that Brian has mentioned, anyhow) but it's definitely ramping up to a long period of insomnia. Luckily, I have an afghan I'm trying to finish, so maybe I'll get that done.
I've struggled with nightmares and insomnia since I was little. Mom used to pay me $5 for each week that I either tried to sleep through the night, or didn't bother her at least if I got up. My Aunt Murf said my dad was prone to night terrors, and my niece and nephew are both struggling with it now too. I talk to them about some of the techniques that have helped me over the years, but really, this is the point where I just try to get though it.
Last night's dream involved a swimming competition. We (not sure who) were there to test the pool and make sure that we knew where we needed to be for the race. There was an older guy there doing the same thing, and a few other people too. The older guy was next to me, and I dove under water to see how deep the pool was. As I surfaced, I passed him. He had his eyes closed, underwater. Hmm...I thought, I wonder if he is practicing Dead Man's Float, or if I caught him at an off moment. Later, I realized he had drowned, and I told everyone that I had seen him. The rest of the dream was four or five of us swimming in the murky pool (salt water, I think) trying to find his body to bring up.
This was not aided by the fact that the pool was 12 feet deep, and the man was a larger older man, who would definitely be too heavy for me to lift, even in water.
The dream the night before was much, much more gruesome, so I' won't type it out :)
This is where my friend Jessica would chime in to tell me that I am stressing hard about something and that I need to sit down, think it through and face it. I suspect I probably will need to do that.
Posted by Heather at November 4, 2007 01:08 PM