Bad Dream

[poliphilo]

That was a nasty dream! Dealing with the zombie was bad enough, but having Ailz standing by and telling me (with tears in her eyes) that there wasn't actually a zombie and I was in the grip of psychosis made it worse.

I pushed the naked zombie out the window. It hit the pavement and lay there a moment then bounced up like an india-rubber bouncy ball and jabbered at me through the glass.

Comments

[queen-in-autumn.livejournal.com]

*shivers

That sounds awful on all kinds of levels!

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

Believing myself to be mad was probably worst

[veronica-milvus.livejournal.com]

That's what I thought when I saw the skellingtons on my way to work! It is not a pleasant thought. Bouncing rubber zombies, however, represent a whole new level of angst. I liked wyrmwwd's analysis of the dream's meaning.

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

Yes, I think she hit it on the head.

[pondhopper.livejournal.com]

Dreams with creature other than humans or other mammals always leave me feeling shuddery.

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

Zombies are the worst. They're the only kind of famous monster of filmland that seriously unsettles me.

[internet-sampo.livejournal.com]

I had unusually, bad dreams last night (post-nuclear war life/my father being an pow in the gulf war).

Hummm.

Let's see, it's coming up on March 1st.

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

I've never read Lovecraft. I suppose I should do so.

[internet-sampo.livejournal.com]

Yes, it's worth it.

What made me appreciate his works more was when I learned some things about the man. He was a disgust driven racist and found living in New York City frightening.

The racism stuff caused me to stop reading his work for a year or so.

Once knowing that you can see the reality in his weird tales - the visceral fear experience when seeing alien races and the dread engendered by giant ("cyclopedian") alien artifacts. He was using his own fears to create his horror fiction.

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

You've got me interested. I think I may read some of the things of his that are available online.

[wyrmwwd.livejournal.com]

People generally like my dream interpretations.

Zombies represent something that SHOULD be dead and buried in your life, but isn't. The worse part for you in the dream was your partner telling you that it isn't real. I recommend that you try to get to the bottom of what it is that you are feeling that is from some past trauma, and you KNOW you shouldn't care about anymore, but do, anyway.

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

Thank you. That's very useful. The creature that turned into the zombie started out as someone else (who I won't name because of people who might be reading). I thought I was over this person and had processed their influence on my lfe; perhaps I was wrong.

[wyrmwwd.livejournal.com]

:-)

People tell me I am quite good at this.

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

I believe you are.

Nice icon.

[jackiejj.livejournal.com]

Wake up, Tony!

Oh! Horrible dream!

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

Last night I dreamed I'd cut some pictures out of a library book and was afraid I'd get into trouble when I returned it. Not quite as horrible, but still unpleasant.