Stress

[jethrien]

Stomach, why are you in knots today? You don't actually have anything you're worried about...so why are you acting like it?

Subconcious, what's with all the nightmares? It's been three nights running now of bad dreams...exhibitions coming out terribly, rat infestations, people dying, vacations being ruined, radiation accidents, Chuckro being mad at you, dealing with visas going horribly awry, someone literally eating your arm leaving you to look at the stump in horror. What the hell?

Comments

[ivy03.livejournal.com]

Your subconcious and mine should really form a support group.

[jeths-mom.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I think it's hormones. I used to have those kinds of really horrifying dreams when I was your age. (They were so bad I still remember them clearly.) Now I have stupid dreams of selling my house to buy another one that turns out to be really ugly; but I have a similar emotional reaction to the stupid dreams as I did to the really awful ones.

[jethrien.livejournal.com]

There's an article in the Times today that says that nightmares peak around 25, and then decrease for the rest of your life.

That's an interesting publication coincidence.

[fyrna.livejournal.com]

Hum. I thought mine peaked when I was 9 or so. Past 10 years my dreams have mainly just been incoherent. @_@

[deltagrl.livejournal.com]

Oh my! I'm sorry you're going through this. Maybe you've been experiencing so much happy lately that your subconscious is worried about that all ending.

[jeths-mom.livejournal.com]

That sounds about right. We can't just enjoy it, we have to think we're gonna have to pay somewhere down the line. Stupid guilt.

[deltagrl.livejournal.com]

Heh. Boy do I know it well.

[jethrien.livejournal.com]

I rather hope that's not the case, 'cause there hasn't been anything all that fantastic, either. I mean, I'm glad we made it to our first anniversary without killing each other or something, but we're both still kinda stressed at work and nothing has changed recently. I don't have anything specific to dread, but it was a rough summer, and I don't think I'm in a super-bouyant mood, either.

It's like waking up feeling hungover when you didn't actually drink the night before - dammit, if you're going to feel this awful, you should have at least gotten to have the fun!