Dreams

[smokexscribbles]

I tend to have really intense, consistent dreams. When I say consistent, I mean there's a basic plot and I stick to it. There are no dancing hippopotami, ever. I don't remember the last time I had a wacky, hilarious, silly dream. I dream predominantly in action-adventure

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[andreaphobia]

Has anything been bothering you recently? I'm no psych or dream expert, but personally, I've been able to retrospectively link recurring dream themes to stuff that's been going on in real life. Two examples -

All throughout grade school I had shark dreams. There was no violence in them, though, just fear. I'd be swimming in the ocean, and then I'd decide to dive down, and I'd see this huge shark underwater with me, just watching me and waiting. And I knew that it was going to come for me and I should try to get away, but I'd be paralyzed with terror. Much later I realized that the shark might've been a subconscious metaphor for national exams, 'cause I always had those nightmares around exam periods, and I stopped having those dreams entirely in college.

More recently I've been having dreams about being on a sinking ship. Not like one or two dreams but dozens, so definitely a recurring thing. More precisely, I'll get into a little boat, like a canoe or something, and start paddling out into the ocean, but the boat will start to fill with water and eventually I'll be sitting waist-deep in water, still paddling desperately and trying to keep afloat. This is probably some boring school/work-related thing where I don't know if I can support myself and my lifestyle in the future lolol

Kinda unrelated, but a weird side effect of having all these dreams is that I've become kinda afraid of water, particularly the sea. When I was little I used to love swimming, but I haven't gone in a really long time now. o.o The power of dreams, I guess.

[smokexscribbles]

Haha it's really interesting that those both involve water! MAYBE IT'S A SIGN