Sea, it seems your dream is reflecting an intense struggle with unresolved feelings and the desire for closure from past trauma, particularly related to your previous abusive relationship. The repeated attempts to contact your ex, despite knowing it's impossible, may represent an internal conflict between the need to move forward and the lingering need for resolution. Your dream illustrates a high level of anxiety—your panic attacks in the dream are symbolic of real emotions that you're grappling with. The fact that you're trying to reach out for help within the dream, yet feel unable to connect, suggests a feeling of helplessness or frustration with your healing process.
The cats in your dream, and their repeated escapes, could symbolize aspects of your life that you're trying to keep safe or aspects of yourself that you're trying to protect. The GPS tracking and the baths may represent your attempts to cleanse or recover from past experiences. Cats are often associated with independence and resilience, but in this context, they could also be linked to vulnerability—needing care and attention, much like parts of yourself that have been affected by past trauma.
Looking at your previous dreams, there's a recurring theme of missed opportunities and feelings of being unprepared or left behind, such as the space station dream where you missed the interview. These feelings may be surfacing in your current dream with the movie theater scenario where you're physically present but emotionally and mentally distracted, causing you to miss out on the experience with your family.
Your life events, including the diagnosis of PNES (psychogenic non-epileptic seizures), experiences of verbal assault, and the end of an emotionally abusive relationship, are significant stressors that could be influencing your dreams. The dream's intense focus on trying to find closure with your past abusive ex ties directly into these life events, as does the sense of urgency and panic that you're experiencing.
The dream's conclusion, where you decide to delete everything that links you to your ex, is a powerful step towards healing. It indicates a subconscious desire to remove the lingering hold your past has on you and to start anew. However, the retention of the book club your mom added you to might suggest a subconscious acknowledgment that not everything from the past needs to be discarded—some connections, like family, remain important.
Overall, your dream seems to be a reflection of your ongoing journey through healing and recovery, with a focus on the challenges of letting go and the search for peace within the chaos of your emotions. Your subconscious is encouraging you to continue seeking that balance and to gently care for the parts of yourself that need healing, much like you care for your cats.