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Makes sense to me thank you.
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Megan...these are pieces of bits of jumbled thoughts that you have in the day time. Dreams don't always make sense and really aren't intended to. If I'm not mistaken, dreaming is a way for your brain to filter through bits of information and help you decide what info is junk and what info is important. If I were to take a wild guess at your dreams, I would say that the storms represent why you are on this site. You are here to work on overcoming the anxiety panic "storms". As for the food and shelter, maybe that has to do with what helps you feel secure. Parents in your dream most likely represent the desire for someone to help you get through this process of recovering from anxiety...yet you already know you have to do this yourself. No one else can do it for you. The bully family is there reminding you that part of your anxieties lie within knowing that, no matter how kind you are to people, they can't be changed by you. They can only change if they have the desire to change. This hurts you deeply...this is why you seem out that hug from the wrong person. You need hugs from people who value you. And it hurts to believe that these people (the bully family) don't care about you or what they've done to you, even though you've been killing them with kindness. I'm not sure what the teens mean, you might be able to figure that out. The physical therapy represents your desire to feel meaningful and important by helping people get better. Apartments in the 70's were really ugly...but that is just my opinion. LOL!! Maybe it actually means you realize you are stepping away from the past and is a sign that you are ready to go forward, even if moving forward scares you a little bit. Ok.....bear in mind that what I just said about your dreams is a GUESS from what little I know about you. For the most part, I think hugs give people strength and you need lots of hugs. Here's ((((hugs))) from me. You got this Megan! We support your desire to recover!! 
8 years ago 0 121 logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo 0
So some of you saw my other posts I had 2 really, really dark nightmares. Luckily the past 2 nights I haven't had nightmares. I will tell you the dreams I've had and see if you some of you can make sense of them. I already have my own conclusions but I'd like others opinions.

A. 2 nights ago I dreamt I was at my best friend's house 1 hr 20 mins away. His mum in the dream made me drive home before a storm hit. I was driving on a 2 lane highway/motorway. I was anxious when driving but I did it. I got into a town as it got dark and looked for a place to eat and stay. There was a group of older teens/early 20s in the dream, I think a doughnut shop, a hotel, and a school. 

B. This morning (since I went to bed far too late) I dreamt my friend (a best friend's husband) called me but I said I had to go cos the bully's mum (I wrote to you guys about the toxic people) suddenly came up to me and I wanted to hug her. My friend on the phone was upset I had to go but I said I'd call right back, I didn't. I hugged the bully's mum who was in real life- not in my dreams- also very cruel to me at times and extremely defensive of her daughter/in denial. I hugged her for a long time in my dreams and was fake crying in my dreams even though I was sad in my dreams. 
I also dreamt last night I drove. I was driving down a road with a lot of construction and missing parts of the road. Then I dreamt I moved out of a weird looking apt (like it was out the 70s and I think things from that time/the fashion is weird) and I drove and my dad followed behind me in the dream, and I felt more comfortable with him behind me. I then dreamt I called my friend back, well not him but my best friend and asked if she wanted to come over to eat, but a snowstorm was happening. I had no food in my house so my mum gave me packets of chicken to cook but that's all she could give me. I was told I'd have to go to my other house, but I wanted to stay in the house I was in cos it had VCR tapes but then I was somewhat comforted by the fact my other house at DVDs. I was anxious about going out in a snowstorm, cos a snowstorm was going on. Then in my dream, I walked in the snowstorm and ended up in an empty building with my dad. We seemed to inherit a building and suddenly these kids and exercise teachers and a physical therapist came in and I told the pt I might go back to school for physical therapy.

So those were my latest dreams. Anyone want to make sense of them?

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