Poisoned by malevolence

[randy_byers]

I had a nightmare last night for the first time in yoinks -- the kind that left me paralyzed with fear and practically screaming out loud as I woke up. The dream had been completely fine up until it went bad. I was hanging out with my parents. My mom and I went into a house, and suddenly a look of absolute terror and hopeless despair entered her eyes. There was an utterly malevolent spirit behind me where I couldn't see it but she could, and it was taking form out of the void to do us harm.

The only reason I note this dream is that it has left me feeling poisoned this morning. I feel vaguely sick from it. Now maybe the causality actually runs in the other direction, and my feeling of physical sickness is what caused the nightmare. But I could feel waves of fear passing through my body for a half hour after I woke from the nightmare. I can still feel it in my muscles and in my guts. The fear of a malevolent monstrosity. I think the last time I felt this way, actually, was after I saw No Country for Old Men four of five years ago.

Comments

[holyoutlaw.livejournal.com]

Ouch, sorry to hear that. Nightmares really can leave an emotional hangover.

[randy-byers.livejournal.com]

Not just emotional but physical too. I'm still feeling it. I'm not sure what causes the physical effects. Was it a powerful rush of adrenaline from the fear? Very strange.

[gerisullivan.livejournal.com]

Yes, the aftermath of adrenaline rush can certainly cause such physical effects.

So glad such nightmares are rare for you. Here's to comfort, and restful sleep ahead.

[randy-byers.livejournal.com]

Thanks. It feels as though only rebooting with good sleep is really going to make me feel better, although beer is currently helping to take the edge off. Adrenaline poisoning sucks!

[voidampersand.livejournal.com]

I am so not going to see The Lorax.

[randy-byers.livejournal.com]

The trailer looks pretty terrifying, it's true.