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Originally Posted by peaches100
Here are two other things I've dreamed this week:
I dreamed that my husband and I were in a very bad neighborhood where there were a lot of gangs and killings. We got separated in a big apartment building and I could not find him. He did not show up where we agreed to meet. I thought he had been shot to death.
I dreamed that my parents had one of my legs amputated, upon a recommendation from a doctor, even though there was nothing wrong with it.
I dreamed that I woke up in a dark room where I could barely see. There were people scattered in areas around the room, doing drugs and smoking something. There was a strange man sitting next to me talking. I had no idea where I was, or who the people were. According to what the man next to me said, I became aware that I had done some very bad things of which I was not aware at all. It scared me badly because I did not remember going there at all, or being there at all, or what I did.
Again, this was all in my dreams, not for real. But I dream this kind of stuff all the time. . .
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dreams are the brains way of sorting out our daily living, our emotions, thoughts memories.
short version everything our brain takes in every day is mish mashed together...
example one night I dreamed that I was out walking with my children and suddenly my children turned rainbow colors and I lost track of who they were and what time it was. lost hours in the dream.
working with my therapist on this I remembered that day my emotions were all over the place (the rainbow of colors) not knowing who my children were was a representative of meeting and giving a tour to so many children that it was impossible to know all their names and who they were, and losing hours was my normal way of being. i dont keep track of time very well even at work I have to have a small travel clock sitting on my desk because I normally do not focus on time.
at first when I had this dream I panicked thinking omg at some point Im going to forget I have children something is going to happen to them and Im not going to be focused enough to help them.
my therapist told me to calm down just because I dream something doesnt mean its about dissociating and something happening.
so for me if I had your dissociative dream I would remind myself that the brain works in amazing ways and look at it as a mishmash of my feelings and life not as a literal sense. its normal for me to space off lose track of time so of course its normal for me to dream about that.
im guessing since you are a dissociative its normal for you to dream you are dissociating. of course only your treatment provider can diagnose and treat this if it is a mental or physical health problem rather than normal.
my suggestion if this continues to bother you contact your or a treatment provider. they can help you locate a class on how the brain works, where dreams come from, ...there are also some great documentaries on PBS, the health channel, netflix and youtube on this kind of thing too.