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[groovychk]

I had a particularly bad dream last night. My behavior in the dream left quite a bit to be desired. Let's just say it involved my ex and the creature he's fucking now. I remember feeling totally worthless and degraded and desperate in the dream. Quite miserable. I woke up feeling the same. Ain't dreams great! And to think - that's the first one I've remembered in a very long time.

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[hwrnmnbsol.livejournal.com]

I find that writing out my bad dreams -- not to share with others, just to yourself -- helps me deal with them. Something about the act of documenting the crazy stuff your brain comes up with removes the reality of it for me. Afterwards I'm left feeling that it's just another story my imagination has cooked up, and it doesn't have any deeper meaning other than my creativity at work, populating its tales with the things most on my mind at the time.

I used to have many bad dreams, but it's gotten better.

[groovychk.livejournal.com]

I should have done that this time. I used to keep a journal close to the bed for that - but I truly remember them so seldomly that I've gotten out of the habit.
Plus I felt so emotionally messed up when I wok up from this one that I wouldn't have anyway.
I wish I could remember it all now though so I could sort it out and get the emotions out of my head.

[hwrnmnbsol.livejournal.com]

It's always rough when you wake out of a really intense dream because (in my case at least, dunno about you) I'm always very disoriented going from one mindset to another, and it takes me a few moments to get my bearings. Often by the time I have the light on and the journal out, the dream has melted away.

In those cases I wind up writing a story anyway, piecing together the dream-bits I can remember with whatever details seem to make sense. It's not the same as the dream was, most likely, but it winds up being satisfying anyway.