8 Dec 2024
Dream
I dreamt I had looked for an old boyfriend, to start seeing him again. I thought I found him, but realised it was another man. I was disappointed, but in the way I had so often when I was younger, I just allowed it to continue even though it wasn't what I wanted. However it soon became apparent that this new man was like an evil not-quite-human entity, he wanted to hurt me really horribly and kill me eventually. So I killed him first somehow, and I knew I had to reduce him to ash, the best I could do to make myself and others safe. However the ash remained sentient and began to move itself into other objects, water, foods etc. I knew he was rebuilding himself and would soon come after me again, with a vengeance now. I began to see him taking over other people, my friends, in small ways. The terror grew until it woke me up, and my entire body ached from the tension I'd been holding in the dream. I couldn't go back to sleep.