I’m not someone who dreams very much, but my pandemic dreams have been wild! In many ways, this time of unknowns has been so good for me. It’s made me step back and process a lot of things I never knew I had to process. I can’t see my friends or family, I can’t lean on a busy routine when I’m trying to ignore my negative thoughts, and as a result I have completely slowed down and my brain has been given a gift…the gift of working through a lot of things from all stages of my life. I can’t believe how much I have been working and it’s been oddly therapeutic. I thought I’d share some of them for fun, and if you have any crazy dreams I’d love to hear about them.
After Mike was upset with me for buying more food than we needed to stock the fridge/freezer…
I had a dream about this exact thing…that Mike was upset with me for overstocking. Then that night I noticed he did the same thing, but had been storing his stash in the rafters of the garage. I feel like the symbolism of this dream was that we are all worrying right now, we just have different ways of coping and different ways of expressing our concerns. I am more worried about feeding our family during these times, and I’m sure he’s got other worries.
After reflecting on different situations that made me feel seriously inadequate, ugly, and all around bad about myself…
I had a dream that in all of my frumpiness of how I view myself right now that I took a walk with one of those people who I let bring me down. This person and I walked and talked and I was able to offer them advice on where they are at in their life right now and help them reflect. In that way I felt like I processed that I wasn’t as bad in their eyes as I had previously pictured, and that I had a lot to offer them. But also I felt a huge release of caring about what they ever thought about me to begin with.
After being really upset about the pandemic and feeling uncertain about the future…
I had a dream that I was driving and kept having seizures but was somehow safely able to pull over every time. I took this to mean everything felt totally out of control but I was still able to stay safe.
I could keep on going, but that’s all for now. Are you having funky dreams lately? I’d love to hear about them. I kind of hope I continue to dream like this even after the pandemic has passed! It’s been interesting for me and nothing like I’ve experienced before, having a vivid dream every night!
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