I awake.
Coverd in a cold sweat.
Falling.
Fast.
I don't wanna dream about falling anymore.
High above them.
So high.
I don't wanna fall.
I'm so afraid.
Just can't fall.
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Option 1
About your or someone you know phobia or fears
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- ~ Phobia's and Fears ~ by Florida Sunshine.
525 points, ended August 17, 2007, 14 entries
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Sorry for the long wait~ I'll promise to judge by tomorrow ~ I've been waiting on Dark to give me her two cents ~ She told me earlier~ but there were some additional poems submitted since then. I sent her a message... a few days ago~
If I don't hear from her by Friday I will close and judge then ~ Let me know if you have any problems waiting until then ....
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Mali -
I know how you feel
To Malicai: The Myth got started because of the fact that when you sleep and dream your conscience (sp?) is at work and your conscience tells the brain that what it sees and feels is true...so it's not the falling in dreams that puts you in jeopardy it's whether or not you hit bottom...if you hit bottom from a far distance some think that the conscience tells the brain and the brain shuts down and everything quits working.
I don't know if it's true or not but I believe it and falling in dreams terrifies me...luckily I've always woke up before I hit the ground. -
Good write; I found some information you may want to look at:
Falling Dreams
"Falling dreams" are very common in the world of dreams. While it's annoying to dream of falling, you can rest assured that your life isn't in jeopardy...whether or not you jerk awake. No one's quite sure where that myth got started, but there isn't anything to it.
Falling dreams, at their core, reflect some sense of failure or inferiority within the dreamer......whether or not this is a justifiable insecurity. If someone dreams that they are falling, if they look closely at their life, they will most assuredly find a situation in which they feel that they don't quite measure up. It could be at work or school - maybe a task lies ahead that they aren't sure they're capable of handling. It could be closer to home than this, perhaps a spouse, or other family member, is expecting more from the dreamer than he or she feels able to give.
This type of dream almost always occurs during the early stages of sleep. The reason for this is unclear, but you can count on it nonetheless.
Interestingly enough, Sigmund Freud believed that falling dreams indicate that the dreamer is contemplating giving in to a sexual urge or impulse of some sort. Then again, Freud gave sexual conotations to just about everything!
If you dream of falling, examine your life. Is there an area you feel less than confident in? If there is, work harder.....study and research....do whatever you need to do to gain confidence and alleviate your anxiety. We're all capable of so much more than we give ourselves credit for, all we have to do is make up our minds to devote time and energy to the task at hand. When you become more confident in your ability and knowledge, your anxieties will vanish, and they'll take troubling dreams with them!
All of this is easily found online, maybe if you take a look at your life, and see if you can make some changes, MAYBE you will find the answers to why your dreaming of falling.
I do wish you the best of luck~ Thanks for entering our contest~ Just remember your not alone. ^^ I hope this helps just a little... Actually I hope it helps a LOT!
I started looking up my dreams and was astonished... I started making little adjustments and sure enough the dreams I was having stopped.
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