Wednesday, January 8, 2020

When is a snake not a snake?

I respect snakes but I don’t fear them. So it was surprising I dreamed last night I was attacked by huge rattlers.

I won’t get into the details of the dream. I think the important part was two people I was with were afraid to help, or just didn’t want to, but two strangers rushed in, yanked the anaconda-sized diamondbacks off me and dispatched them.

When I wake from dreams like this one, I try to figure how it might be related to my reality. What’s going on in my life, in my conscious mind? Do I feel like I’m in danger? Do I feel like the people I’d expect to help me won’t or can’t? Do I hope unknown people will come to my rescue? Mmmmmm… No. Not that I can see. Things are rather good right now.

So if the dream was just about the danger of snakes, I’ll be even more careful about where I walk.

4 comments:

  1. When I was about 7 years old I had a dream where I was swinging thru the jungle, Tarzan style, but fell and landed in a nest of snakes .. Woke up screaming. Meaning? Not afraid of them either but respect is important.

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  2. Maybe they are having the rattlesnake roundup somewhere in Arizona, and the snakes in your dreams thought you were one of the kidnappers.

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  3. I am much more afraid of people than snakes!

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  4. I hate dreaming about snakes. But it happens from time to time. I don't recall ever having gotten bit by one in a dream so that at least is something. But did you really have to show a photo of one? Now I too might end up dreaming about them.

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