11 Aug 2024
Dream
I dreamt that my adult daughter had gone into the small toilet-room, closing the door behind her, and that I then heard an odd breaking and falling sound. I walked toward the door, and I could hear a soft, irregular tapping from the other side that filled me with dread. I called out "Are you ok? What was that sound?" There was no reply, only the tapping sound against the door. I called our again, and again, but only the tapping responded. My heart was constricted with terror and I called out "I'm going to have to open the door, I'm coming in!!"
Somehow I got the door open, to find her crumpled into a broken pile on the floor. She was conscious and aware, her eyes open and terrified, and the only control she had was of the one hand that she'd used to tap on the door, her only way to scream for help, she couldn't make a sound. I was terrified beyond anything I've ever felt, and I yelled "I have to pull you out, I'm sorry!!" And I took her by the arms to pull her body out straight again, laying on the floor outside the door. I looked into her eyes, and the irises had become diamond-shaped, and they had twisted sideways, and I could see she was in agony and terror. I understood that she'd suffered a catastrophic brain injury, I began to scream for help, and was about to call an ambulance, when I woke up. I was so scared, even after I tried to calm myself with deep breathing, that I ran to each of my children's rooms to wake them and see if they were OK.