My life long nightmare changed! I'm so excited!

October 3, 2011

My entire life, probably since I was a child, I have had nightmares about water.

There are a million different scenarios but every dream is the same: the water

around me becomes turbulent, tidal waves, crashing waves, I'm running from

rising flood waters. Usually all of this with small children in tow (but never

my own child) and trying to save my siblings from the water. Sometimes I would

keep climbing higher and higher to escape and the water would follow me.

Sometimes I would be trying to navigate a boat or canoe through swampy water or

rapids or a turbulent ocean only to lose control and be swept away, struggling

for my life. In these dreams, I am always terrified of what is coming and there

is a sense of impending doom.

They have went on so long that they don't disturb me anymore because its become

so " normal " for me to have these dreams almost every single night.

Desperate to find why I was dreaming all this, years ago I checked out a dream

dictionary and found that water represents emotion. Boats, cars, etc represent

the path you are taking in life. Homes represent yourself.

I was always perplexed trying to figure out why " I " was such an emotional

person!

Anyway, I just woke up about 20 minutes ago and was so excited recalling my

dream that I couldn't go back to sleep and had to share. :-)

So last night I dreamed I was again near the ocean. I could see the waves

building and getting bigger. I was with friends, I felt happy, and we were

having a good time. We went inside the building, where I watched as the waves

swelled to tidal wave height and crashed against my window and the

building.....but they didn't come inside. The building didn't shake. I was safe

in the building and I never felt scared. After I saw one or two waves hit the

window hard, me and my friends went out the front of the building where we saw

another body of water where the sun was shining, the water was calm and

inviting. So we go in our boats and paddled across the calm water to the other

side, where in the dream, we were save from the crashing turbulent waters.

I cannot express how wonderful it feels for my dream to change. Only you guys

would understand. I really believe all these years the turbulent water was my

mom's unpredictable emotions that I was trying to control, run from, navigate,

and always " lost " the battle. I never realized that until just recently. All

this time I thought the water was ME - but it was her.

And before I got up, I further realized this is the 3rd time in the last couple

of weeks I've had a dream where I am safe inside a house with people I love,

watching turbulent water outside.

AMAZING!

October 3, 2011

OMG that is awesome! I've done dream work too - it is so weird that you can

change your nightmares.

Congrats. XOXO

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>

> My entire life, probably since I was a child, I have had nightmares about

> water.

>

> There are a million different scenarios but every dream is the same: the

> water around me becomes turbulent, tidal waves, crashing waves, I'm running

> from rising flood waters. Usually all of this with small children in tow

> (but never my own child) and trying to save my siblings from the water.

> Sometimes I would keep climbing higher and higher to escape and the water

> would follow me.

> Sometimes I would be trying to navigate a boat or canoe through swampy

> water or rapids or a turbulent ocean only to lose control and be swept away,

> struggling for my life. In these dreams, I am always terrified of what is

> coming and there is a sense of impending doom.

>

> They have went on so long that they don't disturb me anymore because its

> become so " normal " for me to have these dreams almost every single night.

>

> Desperate to find why I was dreaming all this, years ago I checked out a

> dream dictionary and found that water represents emotion. Boats, cars, etc

> represent the path you are taking in life. Homes represent yourself.

> I was always perplexed trying to figure out why " I " was such an emotional

> person!

>

> Anyway, I just woke up about 20 minutes ago and was so excited recalling my

> dream that I couldn't go back to sleep and had to share. :-)

>

> So last night I dreamed I was again near the ocean. I could see the waves

> building and getting bigger. I was with friends, I felt happy, and we were

> having a good time. We went inside the building, where I watched as the

> waves swelled to tidal wave height and crashed against my window and the

> building.....but they didn't come inside. The building didn't shake. I was

> safe in the building and I never felt scared. After I saw one or two waves

> hit the window hard, me and my friends went out the front of the building

> where we saw another body of water where the sun was shining, the water was

> calm and inviting. So we go in our boats and paddled across the calm water

> to the other side, where in the dream, we were save from the crashing

> turbulent waters.

>

> I cannot express how wonderful it feels for my dream to change. Only you

> guys would understand. I really believe all these years the turbulent water

> was my mom's unpredictable emotions that I was trying to control, run from,

> navigate, and always " lost " the battle. I never realized that until just

> recently. All this time I thought the water was ME - but it was her.

>

> And before I got up, I further realized this is the 3rd time in the last

> couple of weeks I've had a dream where I am safe inside a house with people

> I love, watching turbulent water outside.

>

> AMAZING!

>

October 3, 2011

Wow, that is awesome! I'm so glad you were able to change your nightmare

It's so funny, I always had nightmares about the tub or sink overflowing

with water, that I can't turn it off or get it to drain, or of the toilet

overflowing. It got to the point when I was scared of strange shower faucets

in hotels! I still am skittish, but waiting for a couple of minutes to make

sure it drains properly helps my anxiety, lol.

Never realized that it could be connected to emotions! I haven't had that

kind of dream in months, especially not after I moved two states away from

my FOO. Same thing for the pursuit dreams--I would be trying to fly, but my

fada would always chase me down and corner me with his emotions. He never

hit me, but just his presence was enough to drag me down. After moving out,

those dreams reduced. after going NC, it took a while, but those dreams

changed so I was the one speaking up against them.

But yay!!! I am so glad your nightmare changed