Quarantine Dreams

a place to share and archive the dreams we're dreaming during this quaranting time.

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Dream: Mr. Whipple kept interrupting my life, getting all sorts of pissed off that my paper towels and napkins weren't soft enough. I'd go to use one and he'd snatch it away saying it wasn't good enough and he'd wander away mumbling.

I kept thinking, "I wish he'd focus on toilet paper and leave me the fuck alone." He had not done so before the dream ended.

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I had a dream where I was trying to steal a boatload of gems. I had a crew of pirates, but we were more of a mashup of loose people than friends or a proper crew. I wanted to make this heist by myself to prove to the crew that I was worthy to be the Captain.

The whole thing went off without a problem apparently, because the next thing I knew, I was hiding a giant pile of gems in the ship. But, I gave my younger brother the biggest piece to hold onto for safe keeping: a knee-high, perfectly cut green ruby.

The next morning came, and I went to make sure all the gems were still hidden, but every single one was gone. I found out the crew took a piece during the night but no one said anything. I thought, if I still have the ruby they will respect me. I went to my brother, who took me to the hiding spot, but he suddenly forgot where he put it. I couldn't find it after hours of searching. When I went back to the deck, all I got were sneers from the crew and disappointed faces. I was woken up after this.

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Beyond weird

So, aside from my ex-husband featuring in the dream which...no, my husband was eating popcorn from between my toes.  I’m not really sure what that was about but I’m concerned, to be honest. 

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Band Cutie

Last night’s dream had me flirting and eventually holding hands and smooching with one of the kids from my daughters’ marching band. He’s a junior IRL, and I’m, you know, married and OLD. I was only moderately worried that I was cheating on “someone.”

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The pandemic is giving people vivid, unusual dreams. Here’s why.

Researchers explain why withdrawal from our usual environments—due to social distancing—has left dreamers with a dearth of “inspiration.”

Based on this article, my friends and I started sharing our weird quarantine dreams.  They are...odd.  I had a series of dreams where the last person to whom I spoke in each vignette said, “You are a Gen X woman over 40.  Of course you have an auto-immune disease.”  Then it would switch to another place and group of people and repeat. I do not, in fact, have an autoimmune disease. Let’s all share the strangeness that is our brains on less stimulation but more stress!  I’m certain that researchers and archaeologists in the future, should there be one, will be fascinated.