Friday, March 24, 2006

Go Away, Nightmare!

Dr. M mentioned that he used to have nightmare once or twice a year, about running away from or chasing by something but could hardly move. he thinks it is quite a horrible experience and seems to be hate it. And I actually have this kind of dream and some other nightmares at least once or twice a week. They included,
(1) bitten or attacked by different kinds of "organism", such as dogs, snakes chicks, sharks, babies, and heads without bodies <-- No pain, no wounds, no blood but rather annoying -->
(2) being run after by teachers in schools, and I have to "fly" to escape and hide <-- Bad student that do not enjoy studies very much -->
(3) forsaken by people that I care about or love <-- Made me really depressed for quite a long time -->
(4) slaugher a person with various ridiculous methods, for example, chop his head off with a CD, use a pillow to make him suffocated, throw him into the fire, etc. <-- If it happens in the real world, I would be a nightmare to the others -->
(5) falling into a extremely deep and dark hole <-- Usually gives me an heart attack and made me hard to breathe --> I remember once, I actually jump off Tsing Ma Bridge in Hong Kong (65m above sea-level, the world's longest suspension bridge which carries road and rail traffic) <-- Terrified experience, scared the shit out of me -->
(6) Cannot find the examination hall or involving time pressure when taking an exam <-- Usually happens before sitting an exam and it made me really panic -->
Although, I have never found myself paralyzed in my dreams, I have to move in slow motion. My psychology teacher in college told me that, it is to protect me from getting hurt. If I do run quickly in my dreams, my body may actually move and bump my limbs against the wall or other furnitures around my bed. Moreover, she explained that dreams are the stories my unconscious narrates as I sleep.
Obviously, according to what i dream of, I am a kind of person that lack of security and certainty, anything can put pressure on me, made me nervous. On the other hand, I am ignoring problems and people that were or are in front of me.
Alrighty, I wish everybody sweet dream and will not have as many nightmares as I am.

1 comment:

Peter Podcast said...

Great Blogging.
For dream control check out lucid dreaming.
When you sleep you are paralyzed and that's what gives you those can't move dreams