I woke up at around 3:30 as normal, took care of some physical impediments to further sleep and laid back down. At some point I dozed off and found myself in the Gulch driving to Ian’s place. There I found that the yard was covered with litter and there was an open-top car with a family sleeping inside. When asked what the hell they were doing there, they informed me that they were moving here: That something called “Dark [something] Tactical” had declared that an intentional community was setting up right here and that lots and lots of people were coming. I informed them that they were mistaken or misled and that they should please kindly go away. I went into Ian’s place to find it gutted: Somebody was completely redecorating the place with new drywall. (Ian’s Cave is a cylindrical structure: You couldn’t actually drywall anything but this was dream logic) At this point I started to freak out just a bit: I went in the back and there was another whole family staying there with every sign of comfortable intention to stay.
I was having difficulty speaking: Somehow every time I inhaled to speak I snored. Can’t imagine why. Made it hard to express the extreme depth of my desire for all these people to go away. I went outside and now there were lots of people standing around. They all claimed to have been invited to move here – specifically to Ian’s Cave, which it seemed extremely unlikely that Ian had anything to do with this so I kept trying to chase them away purely on the basis of my authority as “the caretaker,” which I am but which none of the dream people seemed to find very persuasive.
I haven’t been so happy to wake up from a dream in quite a while.
One of my favourite sights is called Dream Interpreter AI™.
(https://dreaminterpreter.ai/)
I took what you wrote, minus any names, and ran it through the interpreter, and this is what it spat out:
This dream may symbolize feelings of invasion, intrusion, and loss of personal space. The Gulch represents a familiar and possibly comforting place for you, which could represent your own sense of privacy or personal domain. The litter covering the yard and the family sleeping in the car may represent a sense of disorder or chaos impinging upon your surroundings. The mention of “Dark [something] Tactical” suggests a perceived external force or ideology that is disrupting your sense of control or stability. The idea of an intentional community and the influx of lots of people may imply a feeling of being overwhelmed by outside influences or an invasion of your personal life. Your reaction of informing them to go away suggests your desire to maintain your sense of boundaries and distance from these disruptions. The gutted state of Ian’s place and the presence of another family staying there may further symbolize the encroachment upon your personal space and the feeling of being outnumbered or overpowered. Overall, this dream could reflect your need for personal space and boundaries, and your desire to protect and maintain a sense of control over your own environment and relationships. It may be a reflection of your waking life experiences or emotions regarding intrusion, invasion, or a loss of privacy.
Remember, we all stand with you – from far, far away 🙂 Happy Thanksgiving to your hermit-y self. And Tobie.
And you wonder why Tobie won’t sleep in the same room as you.
> And you wonder why Tobie won’t sleep in the same room as you.<
Probably the snoring 😴 in my pre-CPAP days, if my snoring got bad one of our cats would get offended and start at my feet and walk up me to my chest and then leave the room.
Not for nothing, but it does bring up a “what if” scenario that could benefit from some preplanning.
What a nasty nightmare…
If I were to design a custom nightmare for a desert hermit, it would look a lot like Joel’s.