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Day 61: Anxiety Dreams

6/5/2015

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I have anxiety dreams.

In my most common dream, I’m standing in front of a mirror, and start to feel my teeth crumbling inside my mouth. I try to clench my jaw together to hold the teeth in place, but they continue to come apart one by one in small pieces. I wake up with overwhelming relief that my teeth are still intact. A close friend said she has this exact dream when she’s feeling stressed.

In another dream, I was late to my child’s school award ceremony. I enter into the auditorium, realize that I missed the award presentation, and see my son sitting in a corner crying. These are the anxieties that plague my parenting - that I’ll fail my kids, and cause them pain and disappointment.

How come I never remember any nice, peaceful dreams? It would be nice to wake up after a dream of floating on clouds or being doused with joy.
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