Re: Dreams of being trapped

[Guest guest]

This doesn't sound crazy to me. It seems to me that growing up

with a nada left you with deep-seated fears of being trapped

with her (as evidenced by your childhood dreams) and the miners

being trapped gave your fears a way to express themselves in

your dreams in a more concrete form. Dreams tend to combine your

fears with parts of real life in all sorts of strange ways.

At 08:25 AM 10/21/2010 faerydancing96 wrote:

>Now I am sure this will sound really crazy to most people but

>I hope you don't judge me…. I have been having a really hard

>time with this whole thing about the miners in Chili. I know

>they are out safe now, but I cant stop dreaming about being

>trapped in a mine. I know I was not the one trapped in a mine

>but I am having a hard time getting over it.

>

>I did not watch he news too much when it was happening because

>I felt so sorry about the situation, but I did watch them be

>rescued and cried the whole time. Now that I know they are safe

>I should feel better but I still feel weird. I used to have

>dreams of being trapped and darkness when I lived with nada

>ever since I was a child but for so long they went away and now

>when the miners became trapped it all came back. I just feel so

>bad for them. I know it did not happen to me, but I keep having

>nightmares that I am the one who is trapped.

>

>For example last night I dreamed a woman dressed in a biohazard

>type suit was trying to make me go down a mine. She pushed me

>down this shaft. I got half way and I made my self stop by

>clinging to the walls and saved myself. But she was there again

>and kept trying to convince me to go down there. It was so

>scary.

>

>I know I was not trapped in a mine. But Its so scary to me.

>Anyway that is what I have been dreaming. LB

--

Katrina

[Guest guest]

Woah, talk about symbolism.

Your fear makes perfect sense to me actually.

When we were kids, we were trapped. No one to rescue us, no " light at the end of

the tunnel " . Helpless. Fearfull, stuck in the dark.

There was a good reason why I didn't watch the rescue, I knew it would trigger

me. Its the same reason why I can't watch submarine movies, or any other kind of

movie where people are trapped. I have a visceral reaction, I start shaking, I

panic. I just don't go there. Why would I?

The woman in the bio-hazard suit? Your NADA. She put you there, in your dream

you FOUGHT! This is your mind, saying, NO WAY will I go back there.

>

> Now I am sure this will sound really crazy to most people but I hope you

don't judge me…. I have been having a really hard time with this whole thing

about the miners in Chili. I know they are out safe now, but I cant stop

dreaming about being trapped in a mine. I know I was not the one trapped in a

mine but I am having a hard time getting over it.

>

> I did not watch he news too much when it was happening because I felt so sorry

about the situation, but I did watch them be rescued and cried the whole time.

Now that I know they are safe I should feel better but I still feel weird. I

used to have dreams of being trapped and darkness when I lived with nada ever

since I was a child but for so long they went away and now when the miners

became trapped it all came back. I just feel so bad for them. I know it did not

happen to me, but I keep having nightmares that I am the one who is trapped.

>

> For example last night I dreamed a woman dressed in a biohazard type suit was

trying to make me go down a mine. She pushed me down this shaft. I got half way

and I made my self stop by clinging to the walls and saved myself. But she was

there again and kept trying to convince me to go down there. It was so scary.

>

> I know I was not trapped in a mine. But Its so scary to me. Anyway that is

what I have been dreaming. LB

>

[Guest guest]

This kind of thing is quite interesting to me, because I had the exact opposite

reaction.

When I was a kid I liked sitting in the loo, bathroom, the wardrobe, cubbyhouse,

any small space that could be all mine for a small amount of time. Last year I

got a job working underground in a small gold mine - one that still used

airlegging, and therefore has small tunnels.

I thought Id be nervous and uncomfortable 300m underground, but after the first

day or so I found that I LOVED it. It was quiet, dark, small and felt like

home!!! It felt like when you make a cave under the kitchen table with blankets

as a kid! I looked forward to going down the mine each day. The fact that there

was a lot of rock above me did not bother me in the slightest - I wasnt

expecting that at all.

Not to say that being trapped down there would be enjoyable - definitely not.

I find it fascinating how the environment you are in as a kid can affect people

in different ways and give different reactions as an adult. Most people find

tunnels nervewracking and claustrophobic - I find them comforting and enjoyable,

probably due to small spaces being an escape.

Just as well, or the job would have been hell!

>

> Woah, talk about symbolism.

>

> Your fear makes perfect sense to me actually.

>

> When we were kids, we were trapped. No one to rescue us, no " light at the end

of the tunnel " . Helpless. Fearfull, stuck in the dark.

>

> There was a good reason why I didn't watch the rescue, I knew it would trigger

me. Its the same reason why I can't watch submarine movies, or any other kind of

movie where people are trapped. I have a visceral reaction, I start shaking, I

panic. I just don't go there. Why would I?

>

> The woman in the bio-hazard suit? Your NADA. She put you there, in your dream

you FOUGHT! This is your mind, saying, NO WAY will I go back there.

>

[Guest guest]

LB, I wonder if you might be suffering from PTSD. Maybe you could check that

out.

Deanna

>

> Now I am sure this will sound really crazy to most people but I hope you

don't judge me . I have been having a really hard time with this whole thing

about the miners in Chili. I know they are out safe now, but I cant stop

dreaming about being trapped in a mine. I know I was not the one trapped in a

mine but I am having a hard time getting over it.

>

> I did not watch he news too much when it was happening because I felt so sorry

about the situation, but I did watch them be rescued and cried the whole time.

Now that I know they are safe I should feel better but I still feel weird. I

used to have dreams of being trapped and darkness when I lived with nada ever

since I was a child but for so long they went away and now when the miners

became trapped it all came back. I just feel so bad for them. I know it did not

happen to me, but I keep having nightmares that I am the one who is trapped.

>

> For example last night I dreamed a woman dressed in a biohazard type suit was

trying to make me go down a mine. She pushed me down this shaft. I got half way

and I made my self stop by clinging to the walls and saved myself. But she was

there again and kept trying to convince me to go down there. It was so scary.

>

> I know I was not trapped in a mine. But Its so scary to me. Anyway that is

what I have been dreaming. LB

>

[Guest guest]

Thank you all for taking your time and talking to me about these strange and

intense dreams I am having. And thanks for validating me. It's so hard because

it has been so many years and I think I am doing okay but something like this

will come and trip me up again.

I guess like in my dream I just keep saying no and do what is best for me even

if it means a fight. A small part of me needed to hear, that it's normal to

still be afraid of going back there to her. You are all very insightful.

Thank you again. LB

> >

> > Now I am sure this will sound really crazy to most people but I hope you

don't judge me . I have been having a really hard time with this whole thing

about the miners in Chili. I know they are out safe now, but I cant stop

dreaming about being trapped in a mine. I know I was not the one trapped in a

mine but I am having a hard time getting over it.

> >

> > I did not watch he news too much when it was happening because I felt so

sorry about the situation, but I did watch them be rescued and cried the whole

time. Now that I know they are safe I should feel better but I still feel weird.

I used to have dreams of being trapped and darkness when I lived with nada ever

since I was a child but for so long they went away and now when the miners

became trapped it all came back. I just feel so bad for them. I know it did not

happen to me, but I keep having nightmares that I am the one who is trapped.

> >

> > For example last night I dreamed a woman dressed in a biohazard type suit

was trying to make me go down a mine. She pushed me down this shaft. I got half

way and I made my self stop by clinging to the walls and saved myself. But she

was there again and kept trying to convince me to go down there. It was so

scary.

> >

> > I know I was not trapped in a mine. But Its so scary to me. Anyway that is

what I have been dreaming. LB

> >

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