Dream

[sillygoosegirl]

I had a dream last night that Josh was riding his bike without his helmet. I realized he didn't have it on, just as he was taking a serious tumble (8 feet straight down onto his back--don't ask, physics was wacked out in my dream). I asked him if he'd hit his head, and he said no... I think thinking that I hadn't seen him hit his head. I argued

Comments

[lizzie]

I'm so glad I was there to help out! :-)

I wonder what the dream means? It's pretty scary.

[mandyessa]

It actually sounds like you might be having one of the symptoms of acute PTSD, though it is called something else. it is common after an accident, even one as mild as your bike accident to relive it in someway, usually with some part of it, or many parts of it changed. This allows you to process it in different ways. It is also likely that after your bike accident you thought things like "what if it had been worse?" "thank goodness I was smart enough to wear a helmet" and "I wonder how I would have felt watching Josh have this sort of accident/I wonder what Josh felt about/during/after the accident