The major difference was that I could not make a conscious effort to run faster and escape.
Maybe this falls in the category of a nightmare; awake in the middle of a dream with imminent danger but not having the ability to change anything.
One general consensus here is anxiety. Your legs push you forward throughout your life and there is resistance to your progress. You are in a situation where an intrusive force is disrupting your otherwise peaceful world, sometimes even mocking you, and you have no control over it. At least at the moment. Life changes often for the better. You just have to go through trials and tribulations and learn how to overcome.
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Question Have you had a similar dream where there was a force resisting your progress?
I had a dream the other night where I was being attacked by a zombie, but she wouldn't die in the way a zombie should, even though I knew I was doing it right. I think that was all about anxiety - I was worrying about the couple of posts I hadn't finished yet. Rather extreme for such a small worry, but my brain is an odd place sometimes :)
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Natasaha, these dreams do raise the anxiety level big time. And don;t seat the last few posts. Keep them short and simple. Or copy and paste something from last year's Challenge.
DeleteI have had this. It was awful. I prefer the flying and zooming ones.
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Seena, you and me both!
DeleteInterestingly, I have had a lot of running dreams--of running marathons (something that makes my knees hurt to even consider). But I don't ever remember not able to run very fast.
ReplyDeleteI hate that dream!!!
ReplyDeleteOn one hand I'm glad I'm not alone. On the other I'm not glad you're having them too.
DeleteI have a question I've never been able to answer. Do you run faster because you are afraid or do you become more afraid because you are running faster?
ReplyDeleteGail. it's definitely the latter for me. These were dreams when I was a kid but I was always chased by a much bigger kid who wanted nothing more than to kick my @$$.
DeleteNot much fun those films. I think we have all had them at one time or another.
ReplyDeleteThere have been dreams where i was trying to get away from something, but i can't make progress. Sometimes my life feels like that, too!
ReplyDeleteSounds like at least a similar dream.
DeleteI think I have had dreams like this, but can't remember them now (lack of sleep).
ReplyDeleteSeems like I should have had this, but can't remember it. My bad dreams involve being overpowered by an evil being that wants to smother me. Forcing myself to breath deeply, saves me. I think it might be that I actually stop breathing sometimes. Quite terrifying when it used to happen, now I just take some deep breaths and it's over.
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Brazilian jiu-jitsu is effective to use while in your dream state.
DeleteI remember having dreams where I want to cross the street and I'm just going so slow crossing it yet I can see a car heading my way. Would this be the same?
ReplyDeletebetty
I really think so. We probably have similar concerns on our minds, but they manifest themselves in our dreams in ways we can understand.
DeleteThat dream drives me crazy. I also have a variation on it in which I know I am asleep but I want to wake up and it won't let me (the dream." I think you are correct about the anxiety.
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Kathleen, I really do think, at least for me, anxiety was the main culprit.
DeleteWhen I have these dreams, I wake up so frustrated!
ReplyDeleteAnd exhausted.
DeleteYes, but usually it's water...
ReplyDeleteLiz A. from Laws of Gravity
& Unicorn Bell ("Rewind")
Even worse. Ugh!
DeleteI really hate these dreams, I never get anywhere, and the bad guys are right there or ahead of me. LOL The worst dreams ever. I usually get caught and wake up before or just as they're killing me. :)
ReplyDeleteYolanda, good thing you wake up. No matter how horrible the dream, I have always woken up just a minute fraction before something awful happens.
DeleteOh I hate when I have these dreams. It's feels frustrating and I am full of fear and anxiety because I am usually being chased or I am trying to get so where fast.
ReplyDeleteBirgit, check out T is for Top Ten Dreams.
DeleteRunning, no. But I often feel like I'm falling. Or like I'm in a car and the brakes don't work.
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I think it's because our bodies are so relaxed and we're not supposed to be moving. We're trying to make ourselves run, and our bodies are saying, "Hey, lie still." lol
ReplyDeleteYep. Chasing a bus or a run-away baby; things I'll never accomplish at a snail's pace:-)
ReplyDeleteDiedre I remember chasing my kids and yeah for such short little legs they sure could sprint.
DeleteI do that all the time! I get really frustrated in my dream because I can't run faster.
ReplyDeleteIt's not just about fear. Frustration can also fuel these dreams. Thanks Diane for adding to the thread.
DeleteThe running in slow motion feeling also reminds me of the falling but never reaching the bottom feeling...you wake up in 'mid-air'...not a nice experience.
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