Dream While Napping

[EvenStrongerNow]

I had a dream. It felt distressing.

I was dreaming that I could actually see my mind trying to process something. I was dreaming about my cognitive processes or of my subconscious and it was like a puzzle, it was trying to solve something. I tried to focus on the answer but it kept getting away from me.

There was an answer somewhere but I just couldn't see it. It was something I was supposed to process inside of my brain.

It felt really distressing because I kept thinking, "Oh no. I can't figure out what it is to help it along. I can't quite see the answer because it keeps getting away from me. I have to find it before it's too late."

Has anyone else had a dream like this? Before I laid down to take a nap, I had a lot of trauma memories surfacing and I was self talking. There was trigger after trigger in my environment. Perhaps my dream was about that?

 

[Changing4Best]

It sounds to me like your mind is trying to make sense of all that was going on in your environment. Our minds try to work things out while we are sleeping, that is why sleeping is one of the best therapies. This is not to say that one should sleep too much, as that would be like forcing the issue. So give your mind time to work it all out and heal. And being in therapy helps this process, of course.

I have had dreams where I was puzzled by things for sure, though I don't recall ever having one exactly like this one that you describe. I hope this helps.

 

[open eyes]

I think you can read into dreams as little or as deeply as you think is appropriate. But I think this one definitely meant something.

My first thought was that your brain was trying to depict the way it is struggling to cope with a difficult memory related to your PTSD. Is there any possibility of repressed memory? Do you know what the memory you were supposed to "process" was?

Although I haven't had a dream exactly like yours, I've had ones with similar themes- something was causing a block in my brain that I couldn't get past, but I already knew the answer to it deep down.

 

[Springer80]

I can feel my brain changing. I visualise waves, pressure circles like on a barometre. Ive stopped trying to define them or capture them emotionally as it gives me mucle tension headaches.

Stop thinking that you have to hold onto or find an answer. The opposite is true.