21st September 2009
There are those days when I wonder what goes on inside my brain. Lately I've been generally balanced and happy... and I haven't had a disturbing dream in a long time.
Suddenly, last night, I had one of my most disturbing dreams again. I don't remember the details, although during the dream it was creepily vivid. Here is the summary of the dream:
There is a serial killer after me. I'm not sure if he's after me or my family and friends, but he just kept on showing up at every place I ran to. There was no way to run or hide from him, so we had to take a most drastic defense - try to kill him. But unfortunately, no matter how many times we killed him, his extraordinarily large eyes would pop right open and stare right back at us, and we start running again. I remember being deathly afraid and just kept on running and wondering if it'd be easier to just give myself up into the hands of the murderer for lost.
Ok, so I haven't seen a horror movie for a long time and certainly do not have a preference for murderers. I especially don't like the feeling of being forced to run. From research, generally serial killer dreams are indicative of depression but I hardly think I'm in depression. Being chased is the classic dream of anxiety and/or, so am I really anxious and stressed right now? The timing is also very interesting, because I haven't had such a tight schedule since I went to SF... and now that I'm back to NYC, I'm having dreams of being constantly in the fear of getting killed? Hum...
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Dreams are certainly very intriguing explorations into your own psyche. Often we wonder what insights our dreams are sending us. Perhaps one day I can make a direct link, but right now if this dream occurs again, I would just have to accept that I'm not as peaceful as I think I am and perhaps seek means to resolve any pent up anxiety...
Or... it could've just been the champagne I had last night. Lol.