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The Bad Dream

Agitator Radley Balko says he has this dream once a month.

I just had it last night, with slight changes in the details.

The essence of it, the acute anxiety.....all there, in force....

Thank God I never actually feel it in 'waking life'. Seriously. I think I'd rather be uptight and stressed in my dreams....with a happy waking life the real escape!

I do notice it always accompanies economic stress.

Anyone else have it regularly?

Comments

Anonymous said…
Yes, a couple times a year. Weird.

anonone
March 24, 2009 at 11:02 AM
Anonymous said…
Me too!! WTF?? I thought I was the only one. It ALWAYS freaks me out when I wake up.
March 24, 2009 at 11:05 AM
Anonymous said…
I don't have that one, but i do have a recurring one where i dont have my class schedule and can't find or remember my locker combination.
March 24, 2009 at 11:23 AM
Anonymous said…
FWIW, teachers also usually have the one where their class runs amok, and no matter what they can't get it under control.
March 24, 2009 at 11:26 AM
Anonymous said…
Holy crap, I have it a few times a year. It always involves speech class.Required for graduation. Hmmm.
March 24, 2009 at 11:32 AM
Tyler Nixon said…
I think everyone has some permutation of the dream...falling behind, forgetting, unprepared, exposed, unwitting...with it all coming down at the same time and with irreversible consequences...
March 24, 2009 at 12:06 PM
a most peculiar nature said…
Ditto here. Funny, I was just talking about this with a co-worker about a week ago. He still can't believe he graduated from highschool (he's 45, LOL).

I always think Bill Cosby is going to show up at my door and ask for my Temple dimploma back because they just found out I missed a requirement.

Really weird.
March 24, 2009 at 12:49 PM
Tyler Nixon said…
Here's a really weird one.

I just read today's horoscope for my birth sign (Virgo) :

Have you been having a lot of confusing dreams lately? Don't fret -- they are not warnings about what is going to happen next in your life, they are just silly visions cooked up by your subconscious. When you wake up they're gone -- and they should be forgotten. Being preoccupied with what your sleeping brain comes up with could be a way of procrastinating on some stuff you should be taking care of now. Get back to reality and concentrate on the concrete.
March 24, 2009 at 1:57 PM
Anonymous said…
I also used to have a recurring variant of that dream, and in a semiconscious state I would feel frustrated at my lack of progress toward a doctorate (the doctoral program existing only in the dream). Since I retired, that one hasn't come back.

You have apparently touched a nerve here.
March 24, 2009 at 5:56 PM
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