Do You Dream About Your Phobias And, if so, How do You React?
May 15th 2008 21:00
It wasn’t until I had a vivid dream about caterpillars the other night that I realised how often they crop up in my dreams. I often dream about all the things I’m afraid of: falling down the stairs, maggots, caterpillars and my teeth falling out. With the exception of the falling-down-the-stairs dream (which always makes me wake up) these dreams just end and they fade into darkness or blend into a new dream. But the other night I had a caterpillar dream so vivid that the fright I experienced was enough to jolt me awake. I dreamt I was standing somewhere and I happened to be resting the heel of my palm against a pole. When I happened to look down I could see several caterpillars right against my palm. They were unusual caterpillars too – yellow, football–shaped ones with black hairs on the middle of their backs. I immediately gasped and pulled my hand away and in the process, I woke up and found I was safe in my bed.
It was like I was reliving a nasty experience I had at school. One day I was with a fellow caterpillar phobic girl and we were standing at the front lawn at school. We found a picnic table and were standing around talking to a guy called Richard when all of a sudden Richard pointed out to the girl that she had just placed her palm on the picnic table which now had caterpillars crawling towards her. The girl shrieked and we both ran off, much to Richard’s laughter.
Do you dream about things that frighten you? And if so, is it scary enough to wake you up? Or are you one of the lucky ones who can stay asleep?
It was like I was reliving a nasty experience I had at school. One day I was with a fellow caterpillar phobic girl and we were standing at the front lawn at school. We found a picnic table and were standing around talking to a guy called Richard when all of a sudden Richard pointed out to the girl that she had just placed her palm on the picnic table which now had caterpillars crawling towards her. The girl shrieked and we both ran off, much to Richard’s laughter.
Do you dream about things that frighten you? And if so, is it scary enough to wake you up? Or are you one of the lucky ones who can stay asleep?
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