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Wednesday, July 26, 2006

Scary

Early this morning, while I was trying to go back to sleep after waking up with Julia, I had the strangest/scariest thing happen.

I closed my eyes, and was drifting off in to that weird place when you are sort of awake but sort of asleep and I had this flash of a dream, that literally caused me to be paralyzed with fear.

I was driving down a familiar road (for those who know the area, it was right on Forest Street in Carver, just before it meets up with Rte 58). I was just about to round the corner, heading toward the convenience store, when a huge truck (sort of looked like a cargo type of thing) cut me off coming from the other side of the road, across in front of my car. "What the hell", I said. Then, a woman who looked eerily familiar to me, jumped out of the cab, opened the door of my car, pulled my head back by my hair, and shoved what looked like a black pen down my throat.

So I woke with a start, and realized that I couldn't move, literally. I thought, "Oh my God, I can't move." As soon as the thought was complete sensation returned and I was fine.

But dude, scary shit huh?

You can rest assured that I will be looking the meaning of this up just as soon as I gather the courage.

Oh, and I will not be driving down that stretch of road any time soon.

1 comment:

Caltechgirl said...

well, I can explain part of it....

Evidently you went right into REM sleep, hence the incredibly vivid dream and remembering the dream. Also, during REM sleep, our brains actually turn off the nerve impulses to our voluntary muscles, this is why most people don't move during REM sleep. Sometimes, if you wake up quickly enough, that acetylcholine block is still in place and you feel paralyzed. But it goes away in a few seconds.

Weird, huh?