February 24, 2008 7:42 PM
Dreams
My dreams last night were like a set of Russian nesting dolls. Have you ever dreamed you were dreaming?
I dreamed all night about somehow getting out of my cast. Remember how this week Tripp trimmed 1/2 inch around each of the edges - my arm, my hand, my thumb? The sharp edges of the fiberglass had been cutting into my skin and hurting. It was such a relief to have a little more freedom of movement with my right hand.
Then yesterday I started thinking of all the things coming up in my life - Maddy and I are going to Virginia Tech next weekend for her singing competition - and I wondered if I could persuade the doctor to take off the cast early. But would that be a good idea?
So last night I tossed and turned, dreaming of Tripp cutting straight down the cast with the floral scissors he'd used to trim it before. I dreamed of me cutting it off and taking a shower, then putting it back together with rubber bands but finding my arm was not healed. i dreamed again of Tripp cutting me out of it, then waking up to find that my arm had slid out of it while I was asleep and I was completely free. But then I woke up and my arm was still firmly encased in blue fiberglass.
Do you remember your dreams? I don't very often.
Have you had recurring dreams? I have several:
*flying like a bird - a lovely sensation.
*airports
*suddenly discovering new rooms in my house
*finding myself without adequate clothing in public - I've looked this one up and think it has to do with my openness about my life - not hiding behind anything.
*coming up on final exams and realizing I've never gone to the class. This is a common dream, I hear. But my latest variation is that I have to teach a class and am not prepared, or that I'm coming up to opening night and don't know my lines.
I do believe that dreams are purposeful even though they are random. I think they are a way for us to face our fears and insecurities.
But I've never had the experience I had last night - the dream within a dream and the endless theme of getting out of this cast. Two weeks to go. . . .
Do any of you have the same recurring dreams as I do - or anything else interesting?
Comments
I have had lots of different recurring dreams. In high school I used to often dream that I was Superman -- but had lost most of my powers. I had to rescue Lois Lane and try to hide my diminished power from the bad guys. I still remember the frustration of trying to fly and only being able to get a few feet off the ground.
Shortly after getting married I started having dreams that I was being made to return to high school. In my dreams I always had graduated and gone to college, but for some reason had to go back to high school. Usually I would skip all of my classes, and often I would have to go to the principle to get a copy of my schedule since I hadn't been to my classes in so long that I had actually forgotten where they were. (In these dreams it doesn't matter what grade I get or if I haven't studied for the test, because I have already graduated. Well, it makes sense in the dream!)
Intertwined with that dream I often dreamt that my husband was "missing." Instead of my actual husband I would dream that I was married to my old high school boyfriend -- only I hadn't actually seen or spoken to him since high school. I would search everywhere for his phone number, try to remember where his parents lived. It wasn't like he'd left me, we'd just lost touch somehow and I needed to know if he still wanted to be my husband. Sometimes I was hoping he'd say no so I could marry my actual husband. Very odd, I know.
These days I often dream that I can't find a bathroom anywhere. The only ones I can find require squeezing through very small spaces or are completely open to anyone walking by. (Usually I wake up needing to go!)
I do often have dreams where I "wake up" over and over. I've had those dreams since I was little. In elementary school I would sometimes get up to get ready for school, lay on my mom's bed "for just a second," and then fall asleep and dream that I was up and getting dressed. I would actually be surprised when my mom woke me and I was still in my PJs!
Posted by: Michelle Potter | February 24, 2008 8:48 PM
Oh, I almost forgot -- I also dream of discovering new rooms in my house! Usually the context is that one of my grandparents is giving me their house, and the more I walk through it the more I find large, beautiful rooms that I had never noticed before. So I end up with this huge, wonderful, beautifully decorated house (for free!)
Posted by: Michelle Potter | February 24, 2008 8:51 PM
Wow - it is so interesting to me that your recurring dreams are GOOD! I only have recurring nightmares. What fun ones you have, flying and discovering new rooms:)
Posted by: Keri L | February 24, 2008 10:15 PM
I dream about not knowing my lines for a play or musical quite often. I also dream about going back to school and not knowing where my classes are or not being prepared for an exam.
Posted by: Cris Krittenbrink | February 24, 2008 11:41 PM
Every time I'm pregnant I dream that I've given birth to something that is not human but no one in the delivery room is at all surprised or upset. For example, when pregnant with Baby #3 I dreamed that I gave birth to a piece of macaroni the size of a newborn baby. Everyone oohed and aahed over how cute it was but I was quite perplexed. I'm pregnant with Baby #4 right now and am awaiting what kind of strange thing I'll give birth to in my dreams. Pregnancy hormones are some powerful things!
Posted by: Molly | February 25, 2008 7:05 AM
I used to dream a lot about weird staircases that didn't go anywhere or doors that were too small to fit through. My flying dreams are almost always about running a foot or so above the ground. I've had the dreams of being in public without enough clothing and of being unprepared to speak or take an exam.
Blessings,
Sandy
Posted by: Sandy C. | February 25, 2008 9:47 AM
I dreamed over and over last night that the power went out. The power often goes out here as we are rural, but it didn't last night. I think I know what it means, I do believe dreams have meanings.
blessings, Penny Raine
http://www.pennyraine.com/blog
Posted by: Penny Raine | February 25, 2008 10:38 AM
