When my night terrors are about my family, I seriously just lose it. Especially my 5 year old baby brother. I am constantly having nightmares about something happening to him.
About 2 days ago I woke up sweating and out of breathe. My mom said I sounded like I was frightenend while I was sleeping. She woke me up and asked me if I was okay. I then proceeded to tell her about the horrific dream I was having.
About 2 days ago I woke up sweating and out of breathe. My mom said I sounded like I was frightenend while I was sleeping. She woke me up and asked me if I was okay. I then proceeded to tell her about the horrific dream I was having.
It was early summer and I was at a family reunion. The whole gang decided to rent a riverboat and spend the day on it. All of the kids had life jackets on and I was spending most of the day with my little brother. He loved watching the water and pointing out any fish he saw.
I got hungry and passed him off to my sister for her to watch him while I found something to eat. When I came back with a plate of food for me and my brother to share, I saw her standing there talking to someone. My whole body froze and my heart felt like it was being surged with a million volts of electricity.
I dropped the food, ran up to her, and grabbed her shoulders. I spoke rather loudly....
"Where is he? Why aren't you watching him?"
And her eyes grew. She started looking around frantically trying to find him. I then heard a blood-curdling scream I will never forget. I heard him screaming my name... But it wasn't coming from anywhere on the boat. I looked over the edge of the railing and saw him struggling to stay above the water.
He was crying so hard and struggling to breathe. I saw his life jacket slowly coming undone, it had not been fastened correctly. There was a pile of life jackets behind me and I grabbed one and put it on as fast as I could. I went to go jump over the railing to save him and everyone on the boat was pulling on my arms, not allowing me to jump in the river.
They told me he was gone, even though I could still see him screaming for my help. I finally got away from them and jumped in. He slipped from his lifejacket and began to go under the water, As I swam over to him and reached for his arms... I woke up.
I will never forget the immense anxiety I felt from that dream. Even writing about it is making me frantic and shakey. I have a date with my baby brother this week... I will be teaching him how to swim.
I got hungry and passed him off to my sister for her to watch him while I found something to eat. When I came back with a plate of food for me and my brother to share, I saw her standing there talking to someone. My whole body froze and my heart felt like it was being surged with a million volts of electricity.
I dropped the food, ran up to her, and grabbed her shoulders. I spoke rather loudly....
"Where is he? Why aren't you watching him?"
And her eyes grew. She started looking around frantically trying to find him. I then heard a blood-curdling scream I will never forget. I heard him screaming my name... But it wasn't coming from anywhere on the boat. I looked over the edge of the railing and saw him struggling to stay above the water.
He was crying so hard and struggling to breathe. I saw his life jacket slowly coming undone, it had not been fastened correctly. There was a pile of life jackets behind me and I grabbed one and put it on as fast as I could. I went to go jump over the railing to save him and everyone on the boat was pulling on my arms, not allowing me to jump in the river.
They told me he was gone, even though I could still see him screaming for my help. I finally got away from them and jumped in. He slipped from his lifejacket and began to go under the water, As I swam over to him and reached for his arms... I woke up.
I will never forget the immense anxiety I felt from that dream. Even writing about it is making me frantic and shakey. I have a date with my baby brother this week... I will be teaching him how to swim.