October 22, 2008
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Dreaming and Driving
I had another dream last night where I was driving around in my car, but it finally made me realize something. Every dream where I'm driving a car, I have trouble driving.
I don't remember much of last night's dream, but there was a point where I was driving down a busy road and there was a red light. The car in front of me stopped and I tried to stop, but I had to push down really hard on my brakes in order to do anything. I almost rear ended the guy. As I waited behind him, I had to keep all my weight on the brake pedal in order to keep the car from moving. Once the light turned green, I think I had trouble staying in my lane and was facing oncoming traffic for a second. After that, I think I went and played a bass guitar.
This braking phenomenon happens in every driving dream I have. I always have to push down really really hard on them to make them work. I wish I knew why I had these strange driving dreams.
Comments (1)
I totaled my first car some years back. Not my fault, I was rear-ended at such high speed I got pushed into the SUV in front of me and my little car literally slid underneath it. For a few weeks after, I had those braking dreams, too. Obviously my braking issues were more literal, but I guess the psycho babble take would be that it's an expression of helplessness in an uncontrollable circumstance. Then again, it could just be a reminder that you should get your brake pads checked. Hmm.