Saturday, July 16, 2011

Tsunami nightmares



In the past few years I've had 2x when I've had horrible dreams about tsunamis. The first one I had was particularly upsetting to wake up from, but looking back it was actually somewhat of a peaceful dream. My friends and I were actually on TOP of the tsunami wave and heading toward land. We were up really high and it took a moment for us to realize where we were. But once we did, I had time to tell them, "I love you all" before everything went black.

Last night the tsunami returned to my dreams. It wasn't quite as powerful of a dream as the other one, but still - for some reason when I dream of a tsunami I wake up a tad upset.

Last night I was with Dan, my sister and my brother in law. We were hanging out at a beach and I decided I was going to go play in the water/waves. The rest of them stayed on the beach. I heard my bro-in-law say, "we need to get her a surfboard" as I was going out into the water. I played for a bit but when it was time to come in (I was going to catch a wave), there weren't any waves left - it had become calm. And I noticed that most people had left the water (and there had been a lot of peeps in the ocean before then). So I headed toward shore and before I knew it, the water was gone - it was receding to the ocean. I got up, realized what was happening and told Dan and Wayne that we had to get to higher ground as quickly as possible. I was in a bit of a panic because I knew what was coming. My sister had gone back to our car to get something so we weren't with her. Then, somehow Wayne became my dad and Angie became my mom (you know, weird things like that happen in dreams) - and I was telling my dad that we had to go, we couldn't go back for mom or we would all die. The water continued to recede and I knew that time was running out ... but we were all kind of frozen, trying to decide what to do - go back for mom or go to higher ground without her.

One dream analysis I found for tsunami-related dreams:

To dream of a tsunami signals you're being easily overwhelmed by unresolved feelings. You may be experiencing sadness and emotional stress in your waking life.


(I have been pretty upset over the last while, a lot of it due to missing my mom an awful lot).

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1 comments:

daniellebenda.com said...

Awww, honey. You'll be on vacation before you know it, and your worries will melt away (at least while you're there)! Dreams are windows into your unconscious mind/soul, and the soul runs deep! Sometimes I'm not prepared for what comes up in my dreams, but then I realize that something inside me is trying to work itself out. It's interesting though hey -- interpretations, and how bang on they can be?