Upsetting dream

[Oma]

This morning I woke up crying and I cried all during my breakfast, all due to a Dream

I dreamt I walked into a room and there was a little boy about 18 month old jumping on a bed , he was beautiful big brown eyes,
He was wearing a navy snow suit and hat,
When he saw me he jumped into my arms and was hugging my neck so tight, I knew I loved this child ,
Standing by a chest of drawers was a woman putting his clothes in a bag ,
I said to the little boy , oh your going with your Aunty Linda ,
She turned to me and said I don’t want him he’s going into care I’m moving to America,
In my dream I was pleading with her not to abandon him she was all the family he had but she was just stone faced staring at me ,

In my dream I was thinking I know we can’t adopt him they won’t let us we are too old but maybe we can long term foster him , but someone who I couldn’t see was saying no you can’t.

I was heartbroken I desperately wanted this little boy and he was screaming as she was dragging him off me.

I woke then sobbing like my heart was ripped out , I couldn’t stop crying , B was shocked and the more he tried to comfort me saying it’s just a dream the more I cried,

I feel washed out and still so sad,
No idea where it come from but it shook me up .

[Gemini]

Oh Oma what a distressing dream.
I can imagine how upset and unsettled you are feeling.

Telling B and writing about it here will help I think.
I hope you feel better soon xxxx

[Mimi]

Oma telling someone about it always helps but it does play on your mind
Years ago OH had a dream that he had sold our youngest son , who was about 6 at the time.
He was so upset for a few days It seemed so real
Even when OH crept into DS's bedroom and could see him fast asleep in his bed didn't stop him feeling guilty.

[Gemini]

Poor OH Mimi!

When my GD was little and an only child I had a very upsetting dream. In the dream she had a baby sister, a few weeks old. I took GD and the baby in the pram to the local shops. And returned with only GD. I told my SIL and my ex who both seemed unconcerned! I was so upset wondering how to tell DD2. Then she came to me stony faced, someone had obviously told her. She said You are dead to me now. I was very upset when I woke up.

[Oma]

I’m ok still feel. Bit unsettled ,
It felt so real and the love I had for this little boy was so strong .

We tried to think of anything we had watched or heard to relate to it thinking it might of been on my mind but can’t think of anything,

Not a dream I would like again even if it did have this baby in.

[Grauntie Mag]

A bit of a tenuous link Oma, but did you watch Call the Midwife on Sunday?

[Nanto2girls]

What a sad dream but remember thats all it was,a dream.

[Plantaholic]

Oh Oma, how upsetting. I wonder if there was something you watched on television that had planted that in your mind. I hope you feel less sad soon.

[Oma]

GM
I did watch midwives, not sure if that may have triggered this , when I dream it’s usually something I have seen or read the day before but it could have.

Plant
that’s what we thought but I can’t remember anything .
It felt so real .Im ok now but it’s layed on my mind all day .

[Clover]

It’s weird what our brains get up to while we’re asleep. I ‘m sorry this dream upset you so much Oma.

On a a lighter note does anyone else dream they are looking for a toilet and then find some that are totally unacceptable? When I do I then wake up needing the loo and grateful my own loo isn’t filthy dirty or has no door,😀

[Oma]

Oh all the time Clover , and I dream I’m walking miles looking for a toilet or I can’t open the door
Odd isn’t it 😁

[Daisy]

Oma, how dreadfully upsetting. It was obviously very vivid because of the details even to what the little boy was wearing. It could have been from a much more distant memory of something you'd read or seen, perhaps in a book.

Clover, no, I've never had 'toilet dreams' like that, but I often wake up wondering what has woken me, and then it gradually dawns on me I need the loo!

[Sum1Ls]

Oma, so distressing. It’s clearly an anxiety dream, but I’m wondering if it was triggered by the terrible news every night about Palestine. It’s so awful I find I can’t watch it sometimes. And I think the fact that we are all so powerless to do anything about it makes it worse.

[Oma]

Sum 1 I can’t watch the news most of the time it’s too horrible isn’t it xx

[Daisy]

I agree about the news. I skim through the headlines online, but can't watch the news. There's only so much we can cope with when we feel powerless to help.