
This is another one of those.
Picture it: I throw myself on the bed at like 5:45 knowing the alarm would be going off at 6:30, ready for the most powerful of power naps. As soon as my head hits the pillow I began to drift. And then I feel this pressure, like someone is on my back (I sleep on my stomach, hugging a pillow) and they're heavy. I find it hard to breathe and I'm paralyzed. Sort of that coming out from under anesthesia feeling: your brain is awake but hasn't bothered to inform the body. And mind you, this isn't the first time I've had this happen to me. This is like, the 6th occurrence!
So there's this heavy mofo on my back, crushing the breath out of me, and the next thing I know it's gone. The sequence of events that follows is fuzzy to me because like a fool I waited almost 3hrs to write this down. The last thing I recall before the alarm rang and I jumped up in a cold sweat was being in a hospital, I think, and some one was holding a baby boy, full head of dark hair and light-skinned, and giving it to me. In the dream I remember being on the verge of asking, "Whose baby is that?" but nope, the alarm woke me up.
So dream people, what say you about my latest manifestation of depression/anxiety?
*smooches...longing for a night of restful sleep*
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PS- HEIFERS! Y'all missed my show last night! Don't THINK I didn't notice. That's OK...I see who's getting a piece of the Jaded Empire. And who's NOT.
2 comments:
When he was in college, one of my friends used to have dreams of something sitting on his chest and literally crushing the breath out of him. He'd wake up gasping. I thought, and he agreed, that it was the stress getting to him. However, years later, we learned that the area where we were going to school (Pioneer Valley, home of UMass Amherst) was just that, a valley. All of the pollen and other pollutants would get trapped in there and the area was renowned for its residents having breathing problems, alleviated only after they moved out of the area.
I'm leaning towards the thought that your dream is stress related. You've talked about it and you seem to be in the thick of it, including throwing yourself into bed in the anticipation of not even getting an hour of sleep.
Babies generally signify innocence, rebirth, new beginnings ... as well as feelings of helplessness and vulnerability. I'm guessing, based on the stress and all the sides from which you've mentioned it coming, that the baby in your dreams symbolized your feelings of helplessness. But you're trying to be so strong that you're not quite ready to admit it ... i.e. in the dream you're on the verge of asking "whose baby is that?"
My interpretation: You should never give birth laying face down ... even in your dreams.
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