Awful dream!

Time Traveler · Awful dream!

I had a dream last nite unlike any other I've ever had. I'll try to cut it short, but 3 friends & I were in a very old, darkish, rickety barn. In my dream, it was mine, altho my real barn isn't like that at all.

So, lots of stuff happened first, but in the part that bugged me:

My friends & I were looking thru stuff on the floor, boxes, old wheelbarrels, etc. I came across a wooden box, laying on it's side, exposing a shelf in the middle. Looked kind of like a little bookcase, about 18x18 inches. Inside, I found a half-dead grey long-haired kitten. It was very very sick & getting stiff. It's eyes were messy. When I picked it up, it was limp & falling, flowing, over the sdies of my hand. There were others laying around, either grey or black, but all sick or dying.

My friend reached in there & I told her to stop because I saw a big rat there too. I picked it up & squeezed it around its little neck, essentially, strangling it. I hated doing this as I would any lifeform.

I felt a sickening feeling, but had to go on & put more pressure on its neck with my fingers, squeezing tighter & tighter. Then, its head popped off & stuck to my hand and I was shaking my hand to get it off. I SCREAMED SO LOUD, I woke myself up. I know I was screaming in waking life too, because Ursa was making her way up to my head (from the foot of the bed) with her ears back & asking was I okay. I had heard it in both dimensions too.

I'm not a screamer or a girly girl. So, this was uncharacteristic for me. But the thing wouldn't get off my hand. I think I'll remember it years from now. Interpretation, please. --TT

BooBoo

My feeling is that you are dealing with history.......the past........

Time Traveler

I am filled with anticipation of hearing more.

As for sea creatures, the first part of the same dream was about a fish I had in the barn. It was about 2 feet long & fat. It was walking on the floor, using its fins as legs.

I threw it in the water (which was inside the barn too). The water was in a "pool" but it wasn't anything but a creek or pond with mud walls. The walls were curvey & went under caves too.

Upon hitting the water, the fish dived down into the water then arose about 8 feet tall. It stood on its tail on top of the water & puffed itself up so that it was quite formidable. It held its fins to its sides, as a person would do when he/she puts hands on hips. The fish was very happy.

I saw my friend reach into the water & I told her to get back. I told her it could hurt her but at the same time I was fascinated. The fish was dark green and scaled. Its flared gills were red inside.

We stood in awe mixed with semi-fear for a while. It seems a mythical creature.

Then the rat-cat part of the dream came along when we went into another room. Whew. What a night.

Time Traveler

I thot a lot about this dream today. I'm shocked by Owl's observations, as they so closely match my own conclusions. I thot the rat might be myself and myself being squeezed by myself, as in financial and medical situations to the point where sometimes I think my head might burst (or pop off!)

I really do have a tremendous lot on my "head" these days. Perhaps not being able to "shake it off" represents my not being able to shake all these problems. My life was never one of complete peace, but there are tremendous long periods of peace and joy and contentment. Right now, tho, things are a mess!

I'm amazed at Owl's thot & look forward to more from her, but I'd love to hear you other folks further thots. Thanks so much! This was really a troubling one. And the fish thing is beyond weird. I don't know what to make of that.

p.s.And that barn? It's a place I go in "dreamworld" that is mostly disheveled and there's usually some sort of problem there. Sometimes I just know I shouldn't be there & other times I know I should be. Perhaps its way into my subconscious? The barn takes on different forms, but is always dark and dingy. And it's always old wood and mud. Go figure.

herding cats

Time Traveler

Cats - There seems to be a lot on target there too. My name here is Time Traveler & well, you know......always to the past, never the future. Haven't been there yet.

And your thots about the fish are interesting too, to say the least. Thanks so much -- more to think about. Wow.

Also, as far my Dreamworld goes, for many years, I have had a structured universe in the other dimension. It is such that I may not have visited a place for many many years, then I'm suddenly back on a road, trail or whatever that I recognize, know I've been there before & know where it will lead me if I contiue on it.

Of late, say within the past year, I have had lucid dreaming to the point that sometimes when I recognize the place I'm in, I also recognize that I'm in the Dreamworld & I can choose to continue or not. The world is so complex that I can choose an alternate road & I know where it will take me too.

There are many people, time periods, houses, neighborhoods, buildings, barns, lakes, woods, special weather conditions at certain locations, beasties etc. The world is a world of its own. I don't always recognize things, but a great many times I do.

See??? I really am TT q25

BooBoo

Time Traveler

Boo - I just don't know. Sometimes the barn is a different shape, built a different way. Always has a dark light to it. Sometimes it's flooded. Sometimes, it's muddy. Sometimes the floor is firm, but moist. Sometimes there are lots of horses. Sometimes a few. Sometimes minis. Sometimes standard-sized. Sometimes the barn grows up out of a huge crack in the earth. Sometimes there's a muddy waterfall behind it.

It is, however, always recognized as "that" barn. Sometimes what goes on in there is good or profound or bad or scarey or just plain weird. I don't know what it might actually "be." It's just the barn. And it's never ever like my waking=life barn ---- so far. q53