I have always been someone that dreams a lot so it's never really bothered me unless they are nightmares which is pretty common during times of stress. But in the last few days my dreams have been about my mother or my sister and it is beginning to really bother me because I'm actually trying to get to a point where I don't constantly worry about them. It's never the same dream and it's not disturbing or anything but just being around my family makes me quite uncomfortable because I'm not allowed to be myself and for some reason now that I've taken a stand in reality my dreams seem to keep throwing me back into times with them.
One of the dreams was me freaking out about not being able to get to my sister because I was late and not finding any way to tell her and also a weird momentary fear of heights when i suddenly realise I'm at the edge of some cliff and a friend's fooling around. But all I'm thinking about is my sister.
Just this morning it was this really really long and exhausting bike ride with my mum...She was on a bicycle and me on a bike...Which is ridiculous because I'm terrified of riding bikes and obviously I was in my dream too but I was riding it anyway! All I wanted was for it to end and instead it was just a very long journey with some weird views on the way...Broken down school bus, weird athletic mum who runs behind her tiny daughter on scooter, suddenly jumps in and keep riding. I don't even know :/ I think the funniest thing was me realising I have no clue how to stop a bike and when we did get to some destination I pretty much skid right into the building and tried to jump off the bike. It's funny now...I was freaking out then. Sigh.
Is this me missing them? Is this me subconsciously worrying about them because consciously I'm trying to take care of only myself?
Does anyone think there might be a way for me to use these dreams and try to stop feeling so uncomfortable when they are around? Like I've read " Focus on the behaviour not the person"....Do you think I could find a way to do something mindfully during my dreams?
Edit: Also, I have to mention that these are not dreams during my deep sleep. I wake up a lot after say 3-4 hours of sleep and then there's an hour or two with me trying to get more rest...This is when I have these dreams, so I do wake up a lot between them but I'm just desperately trying to get some sleep.
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