Posted by afatchic on September 18, 2001, at 13:12:58
Dear Friends,
I took the day off today because I thought I could use some rest. After getting my little one off to school, I went back to bed, only to have one nightmare after another. Two of them were especially upsetting but I'm not sure why or what they meant. My dreams have always been very symbolic.
In the first dream, I'm back in Saudi Arabia. I was deployed there two years ago. In the dream, I'm going up the stairs to my dorm room but the stairs seem to never end. At each landing, There is another flight of stairs I have to climb or descend. Then I'm out in the compound and I see the dead body of a young woman, an airman. She's been hung for being a traitor but I think she was innocent. I look at her face and can see the anguish and terror she felt as she died. I feel so profoundly sad when I remember this part.
In the second dream, I had a patch of dry skin on my face and I peeled it off. When I looked at it, I realized that most of my face had come off, including my eyes. I watched as the life drained out of the face in my hands. It was like a snake shedding it's skin. My real face seemed unharmed and I could see a patch of pink baby smooth skin that had been revealed. Funny, as I type this, it occurs to me that this dream was actually positive, a rebirth.
Thanks for listening.
P.S. I'm tapering off Effexor now and I still haven't been treated for my hypothyroidism. Could have something to do with the way I'm feeling (ya think?).
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