i don't think i dream about computers at all; my dreams tend to be about people & places, & my anxiety dreams are nearly always associated with travel. one that i used to have for a long time was that i had to catch a train, but i couldn't fit all of my stuff into my suitcase/backpack. i would be frantically trying to cram everything into a space that was physically too small for it all, as the clock ticked mercilessly on, but i would keep trying until it was actually past the time that the train would leave (even if i also needed time to get to the station). one of those inevitable losing battle situations like the sorcerer's apprentice in fantasia, but without any brooms coming to help. happily i haven't had this dream for a while :)
but it is interesting that i don't dream about computers, given that i generally spend most of my working day in front of one & most of my communication with the outside world is through the computer. i always shut down completely & switch off the power when i finish for the day, so maybe that achieves a mental switching-off as well. h : ) On 11/03/15 11:29 29PM, Mab MacMoragh wrote: > edward i enjoyed reading about your computer dream and can totally > relate to the anxiety aspect > > i have a recurring anxiety dream about walking to a distant place > (usually it's to the small college town where i used to work) and > never getting there despite hitchhiking and running and etc > > On Wed, Mar 11, 2015 at 3:33 PM, Edward <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > I have a recurring anxiety dream about computers - specifically, > about the clinical system I use every day when I'm working at the > doctor's surgery where I earn my living. In the dream, I'm trying > to do something simple like make an appointment for someone, but > instead of the appointments screen or any of the familiar parts of > the clinical system, I'm presented with lots of peculiar, > highly-coloured and rather surreal graphics, like landscapes out > of Super Mario brothers or some other digital game. These are > meant to be either alternative layouts for the clinical system, or > 'splash screens' you see when you first log on, before you get to > the system proper. I keep trying to get past them to a screen > which has actually got some useful functionality, but each screen > leads to another one which is yet more bizarre and distracting - > and I'm not just looking at these screens on a computer terminal, > I'm kind of getting lost inside them, trying to play my way > through them like a character in a digital game - while in the > meantime, patients are queueing up at the surgery front desk, > getting more and more impatient because I can't book them in, make > them appointments, print prescriptions for them or do anything > else to help them. > > It's a classic anxiety dream, of course. When I was at school I > used to dream of getting on the wrong bus, getting off at the > wrong stop, trying to walk it but taking all the wrong turnings, > catching another bus which took me in the wrong direction, getting > further and further away from where I was supposed to be, > and more and more conscious of the fact that I was already late > and missing lessons. Nowadays my dreams use computers and digital > technology instead of bus-rides and twisty roads to flesh out my > anxiety. > > Does anybody else dream about computers, anxiously or otherwise? > > - Edward > > > > _______________________________________________ > NetBehaviour mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour -- helen varley jamieson [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> http://www.creative-catalyst.com http://www.talesfromthetowpath.net http://www.upstage.org.nz
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