Hi
Had the weirdest dream last night, that I was on the hospital bed while doctors were stapling my head. then they said they couldn't do it, rolled me on my side and blood came out of my mouth. all the time I wasn't there just watching from the side. This has totally freaked me and made me scared. Not sure why this happened. I had a Subarachnoid hemorrhage on Nov 18.
Hi, was this a very lucid dream, how aware were you of the dream, were you experiencing it as a dream or as a reality? These questions may sound odd, check out the condition called hypagogia. Also lucid dreams connected to anxiety and stress. Also manifestation of the subconscious in dream reality.
I have been inundated by all kinds of visual weirdness both external and internal since my BI and have learned that it could be damage to the visual processing or the vestibular system and also through stress and anxiety that causes hyper excitability to areas of the brain. You may be experiencing your subconscious playing out. Was the dream more real than reality. Also was you scared of the dream itself or what was taking place in the dream.
I was more scared of what was happening I thought i wasn't going to make it. x
Hi Chrissy,
That sounds like an awful dream! So you must be on or around the first anniversary of your brain injury. Even if you don’t believe it’s on your mind, your body doesn’t let you forget. Five, going on six years following my brain injury I still feel rather odd around my anniversary. Maybe this could explain it?
I hope you don’t have any more bad dreams!
Take care!
Emma
thank you x
Dear Chrissy,
Please DO have a 'Check', for any Physical reasons, why you had such a Nasty dream. However you say that it 'Scared' you? Can I suggest that, there is- at the least- a reasonable probability, that this is 'Simply' your Own Fear Manifesting itself....YES I WOULD be Scared too- I think that we ALL would.
Think about it, you Don't say what Procedures you have had/ are going to have done but....Surgery?.....Blood?.....Staples? Have you been 'Caught Up' in All The Procedures, maybe with People 'Firing' unfamiliar information, at you? Feel like you haven't had a 'Chance to Wipe You A*se'? If so, can I gently Suggest a Connection?
I, strongly suspect, that you may, very well, just need a Doctor/ Consultant/ Registrar or even a friend to....LISTEN TO YOU! If I'm right and I could, just as easily, be wrong but if I AM right then.....You need a Friendly Shoulder, a few Kind Words and a Damn Good CRY!
I had a Kidney Transplant, in July 2013, Oh, Andrew here, was Very Calm, Collected, Knowledgeable- about what 'happening'- and ALL that Boll.cks! Was I Scared? You can bet, your Life, on it. The 'Little Boy', in me was crying and, in the Quite Times, so was I. So you see, I hope, Why I am making these Suggestions Chrissy.
Can I leave you, with a few 'Words Of Comfort'....These 'Procedures' are carried out virtually, Every Day, by fully trained Doctors/ Surgeons, whose Sole intention is to make you Better. I need you to believe that, more importantly, You need to believe that......
You ARE going, to be Fine. If you DO want to 'Talk' more you can either Post here, or PM me.
Sending you my Love, and Best Wishes
AndrewT
Thank You, I have a great family and friend circle and have now been talking to them about this. Even though i'm mended on the outside i feel all messed up inside. I talk to my friends but feel silly that i cry, even though i tell myself i won't. Because i've been upset all week over certain things i was nacked by yesterday. Hopefully i will get over this, although it very hard to get my head around it. Thankyou again for being a listening ear.
Perhaps November's association was a trigger ? I understand how dreams with disturbing imagery are unnerving and can create a sense of foreboding. But they're nothing more than your psyche's attempt at organising subconscious thoughts/fears/events into some semblance of order, in the form of a narrative. The brain is constantly seeking to make sense of everything we experience, even stuff which we don't consciously notice.
When our brain latches onto troublesome facts and and attempts at 'offloading' it often results in nonsensical dreams owing to the lack of rational, conscious input. Brain injury, being a scary event, is hard to comprehend or accept so we try to avoid thinking too deeply about the details, so it's not surprising how, when our brain is given free reign during sleep, it pours out hidden fears but with an arbitrary, often ridiculous, narrative.
With any event, crammed into a single brain amidst all the other stimulus of daily life, it's not surprising how dreams come up with some weird cocktails. Dreams have no meaning Chrissy other than telling us what we're preoccupied with or what dross we've accumulated without even knowing it !
Hope you're feeling less anxious today m'love…. Cat x
Thank you, had a good nights sleep last night,then went out for lunch with my daughter. talking to her helps sometimes and she trys to fill in some of the questions i have. I'm glad i joinned you guy have been so helpful when i'm having a bad day. xxx
I never dreamt until later on about a year and a half after I woke up. Perhaps our brains need a rest from us and dreams. When I had one it was my Dad had died which was the truth but he died in 1999 but my brain wouldn't let me know this ?? Clever Brain xx Sorry your dream was vivid, perhaps it is telling you ..Look this is what you've been through so take it easy....I used to say to my sisters tell Dad when I get 100% better I'll be up to see him and it was worrying me about not seeing him. So went to cemetery and had a chat with him. Told him I am getting better every day and not to worry about me. Told him I saw him while out of it and thanked him and come away feeling sad but lighter in myself. Good luck. xxxx
thank you x
Feel a mess today
Fatigue - ABI - Depression - antidepressants
TBI. Symptoms regarding walking Differently 
