Recurring dream

[apache_blanca]

well the exam one is definitely a winner of recurring dreams - so many people were stressed out about them at school that it is quite typical that this dream repeats many years later. My case would be something in between: not exactly a nightmare neither "just a weird" feeling; but I am hugely relieved when I wake up from those!

I have several "themes" in recurring dreams: one has to do with the parents (mostly mother) catching me "redhanded". Not that they had really ever caught me at some criminal activity, but criticism & excessive demands were the name of the game, no matter what I did I "could have always done better"- so that's also rather normal that a RL situation soaked into the subconsciousness & started to come out in a dream shape. The dream evolution was curious though: for many years, in such a dream I would be panicky & trying to justify myself, then just about a year ago it changed to: "Yeah, yeah, whatever you say" - & as soon as they turn their backs I am off to do "my thing". Some months ago my dream reaction changed again: now I stick my chest out, put the fists on my hips & say: "Yes, you see what you see - and it's my choice & my decision, I am an adult!" Sometimes it takes a looooooong time to "stand up for one's rights" when parents are concerned! (Layzie, maybe you could use this tactic with your father? Not a screaming match (unless you're willing), but you are an adult and you are taking your decisions. Sorry if it's private but you mentioned it in the OP & I was just wondering.)

The other recurrent dream is similar to Titanic: an imminent catastrophy with little time to escape - altho it's good to have at least some minutes & we're trying to make the best job of the worst. I am usually in a building with some people; it is about to collapse due to an earthquake or a terrorist attack, & we run like hell getting confused in long corridors & stairs. Usually, there are some "baddies" on our "tails" too, so we're talking double danger. Again, usually, we manage to escape & end up at a train / bus station: i.e. got away - & have the means to get even further away. Good, altho it's a lot of scare while the dream lasts. Sometimes I wake up before the escape though by using a "magic formula": "I don't like this dream, 1-2-3, I wake up, out, out, out!" And whoosh! I am in RL.

And the best are "knowledge dreams" with a scenario very similar to this Sylwanin Dream. The characters of knowledge vary, the two regulars are Purple Girl (her picture is in my albums) & my Na'vi instructor: very wry, very "to the point", & with an infinite amount of patience. Otherwise he would have given up on me long, long ago!