witcheswhimsy replied to your photo: When I was a kid, I had a lot of nightmares. There…

That sounds absolutely frightening. I have had dreams not of grinds but of objects that are not considered scary and I would wake up in fear. I do not think that was not very nice of the teacher to laugh.

I was embarrassed for even bringing it up when she laughed at the idea. But then, I had very few good teachers through my school years. There were a couple, but not many.

Sometimes in dreams, things are different. I didn’t get uneasy searching and choosing grid pictures to illustrate that (well, the very last one did creep me out a bit), but in dreams our fears can be totally rational at the time, even if it’s something that wouldn’t be a big deal (or just would be unrealistic) in real life.

Nowadays, when I have falling dreams, I usually stay in the dream when I land…no real-life bounce. I just realize that I have died, and the rest of my dream is darkness, but knowing that I’m dead.

I’ll say this much, though…even my nightmares are more interesting than my real life. I’m surprised I don’t sleep more.