How To Have Disturbing Dreams

Lately, I've been remembering my dreams more than I normally would. When you're pregnant, you often wake up during the middle of the night to use the restroom, find a comfortable position, or hit the dog for stepping on (and scratching) your already tender boob. And they say that when you wake up from a dream, you're more likely to remember said dream. As all my dreams usually are, the ones of late have been influenced by tv, friends, work, and recent conversations. However, these are more vivid and scarier than I can remember.

Here's an example: SyFy is currently running it's 31 Days of Halloween where lots and lots of scary or supposedly scary films are shown. One of my favorites is Wrong Turn. So, when I saw there was a Wrong Turn 2 and 3, I instantly set the DVR for them to record. As I expected, both were absolutely terrible, but for some reason, I love that junk! Bad acting, gore, awful story lines, it's all awesome! The only downside was I found myself running through the woods, half naked, being chased by deformed creature-people in the middle of the night. It was not so much fun waking up to this and a missing Alex at 2:20 in the morning. I was happy that I still had 3 1/2 hours to sleep, but would have been even happier if I could have fallen asleep right away and not have dreamed about these incestuous creature-people. Vampires would have been better. I mean, at least we know they aren't real, right?! 

Another example: one of my close friends and going through a rough patch and I haven't spoken to her in quite a bit. I have no idea what she's going through, so my mind has started to create stories as to what's going on. I have had FOUR separate dreams about her. Knowing this friend, the stories are so extreme and things that she would never, ever, ever, ever do! I mean, an affair, murder, tax evasion (must have been a work-induced thought) and an unwanted pregnancy.

So, what's the moral of the story? Don't make this the most exciting part of my day or consume my every thought. I mean, I refuse to cut out those movies or stop worrying about my friends, but I need to focus my non-work thoughts elsewhere. Any suggestions on where that should be?

Happy Dreaming!

--Am