Dismemberment Dream
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Lucid Intent? No
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i don't remember much about this dream.
i was playing in some sort of game. it was like a game show... but i and everyone else were in a large, dark room made of stone. i don't think there was a large audience, or that it was going to be broadcast or otherwise shown publicly. it was more like i was performing, captive, for some cruel member or members of this dreamworld's elite. like a roman emperor's private gladiatorial show.
i remember having to answer questions. if there was a physical aspect, i don't remember it. there were a number of players, and we were in competition. we were torn between wanting to support each other in this situation and the need to win, because it was a cruel game, and losing meant terrible consequences.
anyway, i remember having to answer questions. trivia questions, the sort where you either know the answer or you don't. those are the worst types of questions, in my view, because no amount of thought or reasoning will get you any closer to the answer... and, for one of the questions i was asked, i did not know the answer. i remember swallowing, and my brain burning, and feeling helpless as my silence revealed my ignorance. then, someone said, because i couldn't answer the questions, i was to have my leg amputated at the hip.
i was carried, struggling, to what appeared to be a cot from a hospital, standing vertically. my arms were strapped to it, and then my chest and legs. the one to be cut off (the left leg) was put into a metal, vise-like tourniquette. the mechanism was turned repeatedly, tightening it, until the circulation in my leg ceased and i could no longer feel the limb. a man wearing a headsman's hood approached with a steel hand saw (the type where there is a space between the blade's serrated edge and the top), and without ceremony began to saw through my pant and into the flesh of my leg. it was painful, and i awoke with a start, jerking and sitting straight up.
i had fallen asleep with my leg in an awkward position. when i awoke it was tingling, and soon regained feeling. my throat was very dry.
Additional Comments:
dismemberment and cruel, vicious games are recurring themes in my dreams. i don't know why.
i also can't remember the last time i've had a nightmare, before this one. i've had sad dreams, yes, and anxious and even scary ones, too. but an actual nightmare..? it's been years.
this one was terrifying.
