Nightmare

[qos]

Just woke from a nightmare in which I was in bed, desperately fighting something I couldn't see or feel that was trying to eliminate me. I was struggling wildly, unable to call out. I woke up straining and hot.

The only reason waking up is anything of a comfort is that my dream was set in an entirely different house.

Actually. . . I have dim images of two others in the dream. One was an older man, an ally, who at first was unable to reach me. The other was a shadow-figure of who/whatever had been attacking me. It darted off into another room and vanished through a closet when my ally arrived.

I couldn't see my ally clearly, but his energy reminds me of one -- or the other? or both? -- friend-allies I met in a dream a few months ago: one who this time appeared as a sturdy, vigorous gray-haired man, and the other a large black man with a warrior-tribe overtone.

Usually in my dreams I can fight off whatever is threatening me. Not this time. I was losing, and there was nothing I could do about it. It was my allies who saved my life.

I'm not going back to sleep for awhile.

Comments

[wlotus.livejournal.com]

That sounds frightening. Perhaps a positive takeaway is the idea that when you most need help, someone *will* be there to help you. There are always forces/situations/people in life who are more powerful than us, though we'd prefer to remain blissfully ignorant of that fact. Believing help will always come when you need can be a great comfort.

[qos.livejournal.com]

Believing help will always come when you need can be a great comfort.

It is. Thanks for pointing out that aspect.