And they might have froze before that noose got to them

[sovay]

All night I dreamed about dying. Every time—I was shot once, bleeding out; another time, I had some kind of wasting illness—I woke up instead of never opening my eyes again, but whenever I fell back into the dream, there was a different death to go through. Some of the circumstances, waterspouts, unmoored islands, shell-like crusts of uninhabited buildings in the middle of cities where I've lived, might have made intriguing story material if I hadn't been distracted by the endless iterations of mortality, none of them opera-clean. Today fails auspices.

Comments

[cucumberseed.livejournal.com]

I had a friend who dreamed endless, iterative murders by his friends and loved ones 6 nights out of 7 for years. I had dreams of being a ghost for a month after being killed in my dreams by my nemesis. It's good to know that what they say about dying in dreams is untrue. Unless of course, what they're saying is that it kind of sucks.

My co-workers and I have determined that this week can go to hell and burn.

[clarionj.livejournal.com]

Oh, what a trying night! You'll have to sleep today to recover. Any idea what triggered the dreams?

May tonight bring you as many dreams of rebirth ... wait, the first image that came to mind when I wrote that was some morphing into a sea creature, which could involve tearing and stretching and other unpleasantries ... but then, is the thought of sea creatures ever anything but bliss to you? Here's to dreams that will allow rejuvenating sleep.

[handful-ofdust.livejournal.com]

It's rotten when that happens--true "dreamsickness". I had interlocking dreams as well, though all I can recall is that I think they involved A) Doctor Who and B) zombies. Folding back and forth through time, trying in vain to avert some sort of disaster, but it always kept happening, no matter what. Also: Mold.

[galdrin.livejournal.com]

Reminds me of a recurring torture nightmare I had growing up. The order and kind may have varied, but they always ended with Chinese water torture. And those drops were SO HUGE. Then I'd wake up.

[zdenka]

Yipes! I'm sorry to hear it.

*looks around the room for pleasantly distracting objects* Um, would reading a draft of a Swinburne-inspired poem about Utena make you feel any better? (It's okay if the answer is no.)

[asakiyume.livejournal.com]

I've dreamed repeatedly about being poisoned and gradually falling out of consciousness into death, and I've dreamed I was shot and bled to death, too. This nonsense about not dying in your dreams--I don't know where it comes from.

waterspouts, umoored islands, shell-like crusts of uninhabited buildings--yes, those are intriguing. And, you are not, in fact, dead, after all, so--story?

[asakiyume.livejournal.com]

Yes mold. I've had ones with mold, too.

[nineweaving.livejournal.com]

Wishing you blissful dreams--floating, flying, undersea libraries--for a year henceforth.

Nine

[rushthatspeaks.livejournal.com]

Much sympathy; I had nightmares last night too. It may be something to do with the weather as temperatures/pressures changing suddenly is one of the major causes of bad dreams.

[4nt1g0n3.livejournal.com]

*hugs* love you

call me if you want ~ I'm done with trig exam and have open time/chem lab which I can step out of to take a call

[shweta-narayan.livejournal.com]

Huh, I had the being killed and wandering around as a ghost dream too, some years ago. Took me a while to be convinced I was really there when I woke up :)

[eredien]

I had nightmares of rescuing my father from falling into a terraced waterfall which gliders kept delivering things over. It was beautiful but geez, last night does not seem to have been a good dream night for anybody.

[shweta-narayan.livejournal.com]

Many sympathies. That must have sucked.

Seems like it was the night for it, from other comments. I had uneasy dreams too, though I think I never actually died. Just a lot of blood and something dire that I needed to know and didn't.

Was the weather changing everywhere?

[shewhomust.livejournal.com]

Ouch! THat sounds vile. Had you been overdoing the Remembrance, do you think?

[ap-aelfwine.livejournal.com]

Goodness, that's awful. I'm very sorry to hear, and I hope you have much, much, much better dreams tonight.

[sovay]

It was beautiful but geez, last night does not seem to have been a good dream night for anybody.

Dude, seriously. I'm looking at these comments. It's ridiculous.

[sovay]

Um, would reading a draft of a Swinburne-inspired poem about Utena make you feel any better? (It's okay if the answer is no.)

It wouldn't hurt me. I just can't promise any useful feedback: I have never seen Utena.

[sovay]

I had a friend who dreamed endless, iterative murders by his friends and loved ones 6 nights out of 7 for years.

I'm used to dreams where the people I love die; I've been having those off and on for the last three years. It's just slightly unusual for it to be me.

I had dreams of being a ghost for a month after being killed in my dreams by my nemesis.

There might be a story in that: if you are killed by your nemesis in your dreams, what do you wake up as?

It's good to know that what they say about dying in dreams is untrue. Unless of course, what they're saying is that it kind of sucks.

Yeah. I remember the first time I had a falling dream where I hit the ground. My bones splintered and it hurt a lot. I woke up feeling very betrayed. Also slightly surprised to be in one piece.

[zdenka]

Then I suspect it would be surreal and make no sense. Much like many other things associated with Utena. *grin*

My brain is even more scrambled today than usual, but I think I meant it as a sign of trust: i.e., you can look at my draft if you want to, even though I usually don't let people see things until they're absolutely finished. But it's rather like a cat leaving a dead mouse on the doorstep: this is what I had to offer at the moment, rather than what you necessarily want. So instead I offer my sympathy and wishes for better dreams henceforward.

[sovay]

Any idea what triggered the dreams?

No idea. The last thing I'd been reading before bed was Emily of New Moon and mostly remembering how much the dialect and deliberate misspelling annoys me, which I always forget when thinking about the book. But it's not particularly fatal!

but then, is the thought of sea creatures ever anything but bliss to you? Here's to dreams that will allow rejuvenating sleep.

Thank you.

[sovay]

though all I can recall is that I think they involved A) Doctor Who and B) zombies.

Which I'm willing to bet at least episode of Doctor Who actually does . . .

Also: Mold.

What kind of mold?

[sovay]

Reminds me of a recurring torture nightmare I had growing up.

At least I've never had those . . . ?

[sovay]

undersea libraries

Thank you.

[sovay]

This nonsense about not dying in your dreams--I don't know where it comes from.

See reply to cucumberseed; ditto the one about always waking up before you hit the ground. Not so much.

And, you are not, in fact, dead, after all, so--story?

I'll see if I can . . .

[sovay]

It may be something to do with the weather as temperatures/pressures changing suddenly is one of the major causes of bad dreams.

That's useful to know. I was going to blame it on Mercury, which for once probably didn't do anything.

[sovay]

call me if you want ~ I'm done with trig exam and have open time/chem lab which I can step out of to take a call

Gah—I suspect you are no longer in chem lab. I may try you anyway.

*hugs*

Thank you.

[sovay]

Had you been overdoing the Remembrance, do you think?

I don't think so. None of the dreams were particularly war-related: just full of dying. Maybe in some incredibly sublimated fashion . . .

[sovay]

Just a lot of blood and something dire that I needed to know and didn't.

Ergh. I'm sorry.

Was the weather changing everywhere?

I know!

[asakiyume.livejournal.com]

(On the planet's to-do list: change weather)

[sovay]

So instead I offer my sympathy and wishes for better dreams henceforward.

Thank you. Send the poem anyway. I don't mind surrealism.

[asakiyume.livejournal.com]

My bones splintered and it hurt a lot.

Ouch.

[handful-ofdust.livejournal.com]

Black, furry mold. Like what you find inside shower-curtains sometimes.

[zdenka]

Well, if you really want a dead mouse, you can have one. :-) Poem sent.

[shweta-narayan.livejournal.com]

My hypothesis is that someone let the Nightmare out of her stable.

[sovay]

I'm very sorry to hear, and I hope you have much, much, much better dreams tonight.

Thank you. Same to you, if you dreamed anything unwelcomedly weird. (If you dreamed the weird you wanted, more power to you.)

[galdrin.livejournal.com]

They were pretty traumatic at the time. I never told anyone abut them, and they eventually ceased when I grew older. But they were so vivid that in the first 10-15 seconds after I woke up, and knew that I was awake and looking around my bedroom, I was still seeing the nightmare, and that huge water droplet about to drop onto my forehead until the whole thing dimmed and it passed.

I wish I knew where those things came from because, generally speaking, I had a pretty happy and pleasant childhood - pretty unremarkable and boring compared to all the horror stories I hear from all of my close friends and acquaintances.

[ap-aelfwine.livejournal.com]

Same to you, if you dreamed anything unwelcomedly weird. (If you dreamed the weird you wanted, more power to you.)

Thank you. I'm afraid I've not dreamed anything that I remembered very long in the past couple of nights. But there were a number of nightmares to folk on my f-list, on the same night as this one of yours--one friend saw a character she's writing about go through a horrible experience.

I sometimes wish my dreams were weirder, but I suppose it's not wise to wish for such things.

[cucumberseed.livejournal.com]

There might be a story in that: if you are killed by your nemesis in your dreams, what do you wake up as?

This question has been haunting me all weekend. I think there is a story in that. It could also be that d|p has been playing Kingdom Hearts all weekend, and the transition of souls (hearts) in that setting is a little confusing and difficult to parse.