I've got a REALLY bad feeling in the pit of my stomach...

[BeHereNow]

Call it woman's intuition or just "survival instinct," but I DON'T like
this gnawing feeling that something terrible is about to happen.

I can't put my finger on it and I can't make it go away.
I had absolutely frightening dreams last night and
maybe that is the source, I don't know.

All the news of the natural disasters, the wars
and the heat wave are just building up and I don't
see how something, somewhere is not going
to blow.
Too many dams, not nearly enough fingers.
I know some of you know what I mean.

Thanks for letting me vent my fear.

BHN

[laylah]

1. BHN

:hug: You are not alone in that feeling. Things just don't feel "right". Not that they have for 6 years but, for me, the vibes are blacker than usual.

Jenn

[npincus]

6. you've got that right. I've got it ,too.

[helderheid]

10. count me in

:scared:

I'm trying to "reconnect" and meditate.

[BeHereNow]

14. Exactly- BLACK, as in an ominous cloud approaching

and no where to hide because it
is covering the entire planet.

I feel like we are all a bunch of ants
and a herd of mad elephants is
stampeding right towards our anthill.
Silly anology, I know, but pretty
accurate.

I HATE this feeling.
BHN

[idgiehkt]

99. it reminds me of that time a friend of mine came into work

and said he's had the worst dream. He said there had been an earthquake somewhere and tons of people were killed. It freaked me out because it was the morning after a bad quake in a place called Mdhebad (sorry if that's spelled wrong) which I think is in Iran (but not sure) and over 50,000 people were killed. He was pretty freaked out to know it had really happened and he had dreamed about it.

I personally feel nothing, but I just ate a bunch of chocolate brownies, so I just feel full.

Sylvia Browne did say on Montel the other day that people are not returning to the earth (being reincarnated) because the earth is only going to be around for another 95 years or so, so there won't be time to live a long life. Hmm. (95 years sounds pretty long to me, maybe the conditions are gonna be so shitty it won't be worth it).

[Lerkfish]

2. I had two seperate dreams of having to evacuate a building

before it collapsed. I was trying to get to a door or window and just barely escaped both times, then went back to dig people out.

I dreamt it once, woke up, went back to sleep and dreamt it again, only a higher high rise this time.

[tridim]

3. I know what you mean.

I suggest smoking lots of pot. It really helps with the stress.

[gatorboy]

16. And set your channel to Adult Swim.

Preferably FLCL. :P

[tridim]

21. I have FLCL on DVD

My Yahoo ID is "furikuri" :)

I wish Peewee's Playhouse wasn't on opposite TDS. That'd be a great stress reliever.

[HeeBGBz]

92. I record Pee Wee every night

To see it fresh in my 5 year old grandson's eyes is a delight.

[bananas]

4. What were your dreams about?

[BeHereNow]

18. Terrible shit-

I found a friend in the bath tub; he had bled to death.
Later, I was at another friends house and this
guy burst through his door with a gun and started shooting.
Just really freaky stuff like that...
I normally have really great dreams!

BHN

[karlrschneider]

24. Wow, I had a similar dream last night...that someone had broken

into the house and I shot him just before he shot me. M said I woke up screaming.
:scared:

[BeHereNow]

31. Scary, that's what my dream was like-

An intruder, panic, woke up with a start.
Like someone had pushed me out of bed!

I have been waking up at 4:44 for months now.
Wonder what the fuck that means?

BHN

[Carni]

39. Don't freak--it's probably the result of high stress

I have been having them on and off since bushit was selected but they got way worse after 911.

I consistently have a dream involving planes crashing and missiles flying into sports stadiums (not sure what the hell that is)

I believe that those of us who have had to endure this admin knowing full well how shitty it would be (and is) are just suffering from some sort of stress disorder which manifests itself in our nightmares.

I am not discounting your feelings of doom (I have them as well) but realistically it is only human to feel overwhelmed by the mess this horse's ass and his minions have made.

At least the above is what I keep telling myself...but with that said I am in high panic mode at all times and have been for the last month.

[karlrschneider]

42. I'm not much of one to attribute anything significant to dreams, normally

but this one did spook me. After I woke up, I went out on the porch wondering if maybe someone had been prowling around but didn't see anybody...and the doggies were quiet, they rarely miss anything. I dunno, it's weird how stuff gets into our brains when we're sleeping.

[KatyMan]

80. 444 Days,

IIRC, is how long the American hostages were held in Iran during the Carter admin. I know that because I was something like 14 at the time, and the day they were released, my mom said I woke up that morning (before it was announced) and yelled '444' really loud. Don't recall being more than marginally aware of what was going on, but I guess my brain was paying attention :)

[bananas]

47. Uh-oh - maybe BHN was dreaming about you!

Maybe you should get a big dog or a burglar alarm!
Or put mouse traps on the floor before you go to bed...

[BeHereNow]

51. Karl and I dream of one another frequently...eh, Karl?

I've got the best guard dog on the planet-
she is a Korean Jindo. They are FIERCELY
protective of their owners.
Very smart dogs.
She loves NSMA and if that doesn't prove
how smart she is, nothing will.
BHN

[pitohui]

40. well those are just normal dreams as far as i can tell

the nuclear war dream, the jumping off a high bldg dream, stuck in the elevator dream, getting shot dream, car accident dream, who doesn't have such dreams, hell, all teevee is a re-telling of our worst dreams

think of it as teevee -- not as prediction but as cheezy entertainment, that's what i do

sometimes when the high bldg explodes and i have to jump out, i even remember it's a dream and flap my arms and fly away, that's pretty cool

[Carni]

50. The WORST one I have is...

Hard to explain but I know I am dreaming while it's happening...

I am speeding through space (I mean I am physically being propelled towards something at a high rate of speed) and I know that the end result will be bad but I cannot wake myself up. In the dream I am thinking OMG I have to yell so that my husband will hear me and wake me up. I have told him if you hear ANY type of noise coming out of my mouth wake me up because I am having that rank dream again.

I started having it about six months ago and it's horrendous-- it typically occurs between around 5 and 6 AM.

[me b zola]

74. You are supposed to fly

Seriously. If you have that dream again, see if you can guide yourself through space. It's frightening until you learn to control your flight,...then it's fun.

[CTyankee]

91. It's a well known phenomenom

where the sleeper is caught between sleep and waking and the mechanism that paralyzes you during sleep gets turned off. It can result in terrifying dreams. I've had them. In my dreams I would be flying in my bed, terrified that I would fall over the edge of the bed.

Also, the worst dreams seem to occur right before waking, for some reason. I don't know why...

[sendero]

101. I also...

.. "know" when I'm dreaming that it isn't real. I never wake up feeling scared, because even though I sometimes feel some anxiety in the dream, I still know it's just a dream.

That said, I do think dreams have meaning, not as a predictor of the future but as a reflection of what is weighing on our minds.

[bigluckyfeet]

66. PRAY!

PRAY

[RebelOne]

84. That won't help.

[SmokingJacket]

113. Metaphor for an invasion.

You're a sensitive person, and the bad news is clearly on your mind...

[GregD]

5. Winter 2005 I got that feeling

I felt there was a pressing need that I relocate, and that it was a matter of urgency. Nevery could pin down just what that was about, and still have not. But I took it seriously and moved out of the San Francisco area to a mountain community. I'm sure glad I'm not in SF area any longer, if for no other reason than the lack of traffic and crowds, but I sure wish I had a better feeling for what might just be a ugly future.

[reichstag911]

9. Probably...

...had something to do with Bill O'Reilly advocating a terrorist attack on the Coit Tower in SF.

[GregD]

63. no, that was much later. I was already moved.

[coalition_unwilling]

7. In some ways, this constant feeling of dread is far worse than

what I remember during the worst days of the Reagan Administration -- it's got me half-paralyzed, unable to take any decisive actions about my career because it might all be gone in a "puff of smoke" by tomorrow.

All I can do is continue my anti-war\anti-Bush vigiling and keep car gassed up, in case I need to beat a hasty retreat from Los Angeles, possibly within range of North Korean ICBM's.

[jobycom]

8. Terrible things, like in addition to

wars, famines, drought, tsunamis, earthquakes, hurricanes, floods, terrorist attacks, and our dumb ass president giving the leader of Germany a shoulder rub?

The last few years have been horrific in terms of death tolls. I'm sure it can get much worse. We're starting to look like the Fourteenth Century.

[coalition_unwilling]

11. I was thinking more like Europe during the 30-Years War, but

I can also see the 14th Century, in the sense that corporations are the new Medicis.

[jobycom]

17. You don't think the 100 years war was worse?

Not to mention the Black Death, the Famine of 1317, the Little Ice Age that followed a period of warmth in Europe.

Wasn't all bad. The Catholics made Buddha a saint.

[AndyA]

12. With everything going on in the news right now, it's difficult to not

worry. And with the weasel we have in the White House, you never know what the SOB is planning to throw at us next. It's all very disturbing and unnerving.

I've been more jittery lately, and have a nervous energy that is bothersome.

I've even started saying things to people who have "W" stickers on their cars, which I know could get me into trouble fast. But I'm just so angry that they would support such a man after all he's done, I feel it's wrong to maintain silence.

[jedicord]

23. My son and I play "Idiot, no tag backs" when we see "W" stickers.

Helps to relieve the stress. Although I must say, our punches are getting harder every day. :)

[Cleita]

13. Many of us have been feeling out of sorts like something bad is

going to happen, but isn't the Israeli incursion into Lebanon it? If it isn't what could happen, another terrorist attack? N. Korean bombing us with a nuke? I'm really concerned with *'s lack of control and his public craziness being out there for all to see. It's really unsettling.

[Bluerthanblue]

15. me too,- impendiing doom....

and hypervigilance- I have ptsd, so I'm usually this way... but it is far worse lately-
like the whole world has gone mad- and I'm actually almost...sane???-

EVERYTHING is crumbling around us, if we look-
and there is nothing we can do about it-

and I don't feel like partying, or fiddling.

I also have to admit, I don't do prolonged anxiety or anticipatory disaster very well- once hell breaks loose, it's usually 'automatic pilot' but this waiting and building tension is driving me even more nuts.

Hope this helps in some twisted way- .... We need to listen to that voice inside us- Most of us have learned to silence or dismiss it at our peril-

:hug:
blu

[BeHereNow]

Actually, playing is the only thing that settles me Blu-

I just bought a fantastic 1957 J-200 and
it helps calm me down- going into the creative
space seems about the only escape from this feeling.
Sleep aint working, I just have nightmares.

Keep playing girl, perhaps throwing all the
art energy out into the universe is the best way to
counter the evil that the war mongers are creating.
BHN

[EFerrari]

19. Terrible things are happening.

Let's see how we do.

:hug:

[Minnesota Libra]

20. I completely understand and I find it helps sometimes to..........

.....follow astrology, which gives me a bit of a "heads up" on what's going on and what will be going on. No astrology can not tell a person item or item what's on the way but it can sure give us an idea what the next news months, years, decades might hold.

No I am not an astrologer, although I wish I was, but I follow one or two. By reading other astrologers I don't expect the next two years to be very good. In fact nothing will improve, rather I think it will only worsen until January 09. So fasten your seat belts!!

[JuniperLea]

44. I do I Ching... Tarot and Runes

I've been doing it most of my life.

I Ching is particularly calming. And it's the easiest. Every bookstore has I Ching. I highly recommend it.

[titoresque]

22. Im so sorry

Im feeling the same way. And I'm just so fucking sick to death of all this waiting.

I called my sister yesterday to talk to her about the ME and she said
"really? what's going on there?" She had no clue!
So I guess you could turn the t.v. off, avoid any news whatsoever and you'd be clueless just like my sister. Ug.

But.....you've already taken the red pill, or was it the blue one? Anyhow, you know what I mean. It's too late, you're already a selfless compassionate patriot.

Deep breaths. Lots of them, and remember if shit really starts to fly, you've got lots and lots of friends who have your back! That's the one thing I'm sure of. We're going to be everywhere.......as we are now.




:hug:

[BeHereNow]

43. Speaking of the ME- I think we should take note of the fact

that our government is doing very little to protect
our citizens there, no different than the victims of Katrina really.

If blowback ends up on US soil again, I think we should
all be prepared to fend for ourselves.

And yes, I know people who are clueless at to
what is happening in the ME too, but they sure
know when the next episode of their favorite
TV show is on...

Thanks for the hug-
Back at you.
BHN

[Hekate]

73. Reminds me of the post-tsunami abandonment of Americans there

Embassy reps were demanding that Americans with nothing but the clothes on their backs produce passports and other identity to prove they were US citizens. I still have emails that were passed along -- our government treated our distressed citizens like freeloaders and worse. There were Americans bumming rides on Japanese planes to get out of there...

I hope Bushco rots in hell.

Hekate

[blonndee]

25. BHN

did you happen to fall asleep in front of the TV? When I do that, it's always to news and I end up dreaming about all the horrible shit that's always on the news. Even if that wasn't the case (falling asleep there), it's understandable that your mind is trying to sort through all the fear and anxiety. The same thing happened to me during the post-Katrina debacle.

[BeHereNow]

30. No TV in the room where I sleep-

Just guitars and clay.
That's by design.
I only want creative things around me
when I sleep.
That is why these dreams have freaked me out-
It's like the negativity on the planet is infiltrating
my safety zone...my fortress, if you will.
BHN

[jobycom]

26. Hang in there, everyone, things could get better or worse, but

all these feelings are brought on by the events happening now, and the sense of danger they bring. It's a normal reaction. We've all felt this way before--anyone who lived through Reagan remembers feeling like the end was nigh, too.

Hell, it may be nigh, or it may the dark before the dawn. We won't know until it changes. But don't let the fear get us down. We have a COngress to win, we have a president's ass to kick, we have work to do, and that requires us seeing what all can go right as well as preparing for all that can go wrong. Chin up!

(Yeah, that was a lame attempt at raising spirits, but at least I didn't ask "Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor?"!)

[TrueFunkSoldier]

28. I work in a government building and take Metro in D.C.

I, too, have this gnawing feeling. Everytime there's a loud crash or plane that is flying too low, most of us here have this knee jerk reaction to rush to the window or head for the stairs. It's really weird. People walk about this place looking like zombies. I do feel like we're in our very own Twilight Zone. Sadly, things aren't looking any better...

[BeHereNow]

36. I think it is to the point where we KNOW blowback is a matter of time

It is only logical that eventually the Neocon KKKabal's
so called "foreign policy" is going to snap back on us.
I think we are collectively aware that it is not an "if"
but a "when."
Frankly, I am really scared for the whole planet right now.
These people have been beating the hornet's nest
for months.
I think what we sense is the swarm gathering
to defend the hive.
Scares me to death, if you want to know the truth.
BHN

[EstimatedProphet]

27. Me too

I had a dream the other night that I was only a few hundred yards from a nuclear weapon going off.

[BeHereNow]

56. Fuckarama- that's a really bad dream.

But I think it is in the back of all of our minds.
I remember hearing someone, don't recall who,
on a radio interview say that a nuclear castastrophe
was inevitable, either through deliberate human action
or more likely, human error.
Seem all too possible these days, eh?
BHN

[JesterCS]

82. I've had many of dreams

about being near nuclear bombs. The most recent I can remember is, i was standing outside my house ( i live about 30 miles from Cincy ). I saw a contrail fly in that general direction, then a bright flash, turn to like in the front bay window at the tv and see that CIncinnati is under attack ( yea weird lol ) and then i start seeing multiple explosions like shelling, jets fly from north to south towards cincy ( i live near Wright Patterson AFB )

It was really vivid. Of course a bit afterwards, all sorts of different shaped UFO's headed towards Cincy as well.

Its one of those dreams you wake up and go " wtf?? "

[Ringo84]

29. Sorry, BeHereNow

I don't personally have those feelings of imminent doom, but I understand why you feel that way and I sympathize. Things aren't looking too great these days - and it's not even Duh-bya that we're worried about. It's all this ME stuff.

I don't live too terribly far from the Washington DC area (Charlottesville), so even though I'm pretty sure that there won't be any attacks in my little part of the state (I'm in a real rural area), it's possible that nuclear fallout or something equally deadly could find its way up to my area. The important thing is to try not to live in fear. Don't worry about what's going to happen tomorrow; take things as they come, and try not to preoccupy yourself with nightmare scenarios. That doesn't help anything.

Have you been watching especially violent TV shows or movies lately? That could explain your dreams. It could also simply be that the violence taking place in Israel/Lebanon has made its way into your subconscious.

I hope you feel better.
Ringo

[meganmonkey]

32. Dark days, BHN

:hug:

I don't know what to say, other than to tell you that you are not alone. And maybe the dam that is about to burst will be a good one - people rushing into the streets, storming the White House and trying to change things for the better. Or maybe it will be something awful, the rock-bottom we have to hit before we can heal. I don't know,

I do know that the most important thing to remember is that there is a community of people who recognize the gravity of the situation and who are there for each other.

And also remember to take some time and be peaceful, I'm guessing you know that with your ohm and your name...but it's still hard to remember to do that sometimes.

Peace to you, BHN, and another one of these :hug:

[BeHereNow]

54. Thanks MM- What is annoying is that I feel my fortress is being

infiltrated by the over powering evil abounding
from the war mongers.
I have very carefully set up my "retreat" or safe zone.
A "cave," if you will.
A completely safe place away from the noise of
the world. Lately, it feels as if even that
space is under attack!
Time to sage.
Hugs to you too.
Knowing I am not alone helps.
That is why I shared about this here on
DU.
As usual, the circle of friends showed up
to help.
What would we do without the Internet?
I really don't want to ponder that thought...
BHN

[zippy890]

33. one tip - take a break from the news

it can do wonders for your mental health.

works for me!

[dbt]

34. Mercury is Retrograde until July 29th.

That can't be helping!

Peace.
dbt
Remember New Orleans

[BeHereNow]

62. Okay then, I can't wait until July 30th!

I don't know much about astronomy or astrology,
but I do believe everything is connected energy wise.
So if the energy in the heavens is in a pattern that
relates to this time, I have no doubt there is a connection
that relates to what so many of us are feeling right now.
Did I say that right?
I fell like a blathering idiot trying to explain this...
LOL-
BHN

[JuniperLea]

35. I hear you

And beyond keeping my car gassed up, I'm putting my home on the market. If I have to bid a hasty retreat, I'll not have to leave my property behind.

Dreams... yes. Woman's intuition, you betcha.

I tend to dream in very symbolic terms. One dream that keeps haunting me is where I wake up to find I've somehow gotten a tattoo. Not a nice, girly tattoo, but one that is way too big and way too intricate. It looks like it was meant to be a very lacy, girly tattoo, but something has gone horribly wrong with it. I'm left with a nagging feeling of... oh my freaking god! What the hell did I do? I've done something stupid and I can't change it now.

I think that last line sums it up... I'm horrified. Something has happened and I can't change it now. Things have gone too far. It's permanent and there's no going back.

[pitohui]

37. if you live every day as if it's your last...one day you'll be right

terrible things happen all the time, don't they?

nonetheless, i find it useful to blot out non-specific feelings of dread

there's a book called "the mothman prophecies" by john keel abt his experiences w. this, even if your intuition is based on something, you are prob. going to find that the ability to prophesy doom is pretty damn useless, heck, all of folk literature and the legend of cassandra teach the same thing

unlike the movie version, which was a sell-out, keel's visions of doom didn't save a single life from the bridge collapse or the attack on the pope or anything else

there is something abt prophesy that causes it to be pretty damn useless or else all the prophets would be warren buffet by this time of century

[leftofthedial]

38. your intuition is right. something horrible is about to happen.

Oprah is set to announce her retirement.

[BeHereNow]

46. LOL!!! Thanks LOTD!!! I needed that.

Although in my book, one less dumb ass on TV would
be a GOOD thing!

BHN

[leftofthedial]

48. don't give in to the fear . . .

fear is the mindkiller.

[JuniperLea]

41. Oh, yeah... impending doom

I had it first when I was a little girl, for a week before my great-grandfather died... and it continues until a week later when RFK was killed.

I had it again at 16 when I went on a month-long vacation with my grandmother, returning to find my father had left home for another woman.

I had it many more times, with similar endings.

I have it now.

[BeHereNow]

49. Wow...I think you and I are alike that way.

That's the part I DON'T like about this feeling.
When ever I have had it before, something bad
was around the corner. It is like a nervous
can't concentrate, sort of sick to my stomach feeling.

My daughter is living in Chicago and I want to call
her to tell her to stock up on food and water.
I think I will do just that.

BHN

[JuniperLea]

60. Go with your instincts! Make that call so at least that part doesn't ...

nag at you!

That's why I'm selling my home. It's been nagging at me for too long. I feel a lot better now.

Now I have to figure out how to deal with the nagging that is telling me to beg my cousins to come home from Israel. They are Christian missionaries living in Poyira Illit... 10 miles south of Tiberius. We grew up very close and attended church together. She would say I went in an opposite direction than she did, but I feel I'm an extremely spiritual person. Not religious; spiritual. I talked to her mother, my aunt, this morning. It was hard for her to speak. I'm sure she thinks I'm in league with Satan because I don't subscribe to the Bush love that she does. Oh well. I still love her and I know she is trying very hard to still love me:)

[pitohui]

45. another prophecy

a friend of mine was working w. a shaman (i was working w. him too but then pulled back because i wasn't ready to "journey") and she saw a vision of a black tornado sucking the life out of new orleans

several people in my circle saw the same vision

pretty impressive, i guess -- until you realize that this happened in 1990!

don't borrow trouble, is the moral of the story, sooner or later bad things do happen, but fearing them in advance isn't real helpful

[station agent]

52. Hope you don't mind, but I reposted this because

it really nails what I've been feeling too.

http://icestationtango.blogspot.com/2006/07/ive-got-bad-feeling-about-this.html

[BeHereNow]

61. No problem- I think it helps others to know they are not alone.

I know it helps me.
DUers are great at rallying to the rescue when we
have this feeling, and understandably, we all do
at times like this.
GOD DAMN the neocons for their wicked deeds.
BHN

[Armstead]

53. Well, I'll inject a note of optimism

I don't have that feeling in a general sense.

The ME is obviously a tension spot, and we're getting into the hevy side of hurricane season, and it's hotter 'n hell outside.

But we've been through worse times. Often it seems that a lot of bad stuff congeals at partiucular points -- call the pressure points -- but the worst doesn't usually happen, and we get through it okay.

Just so's I don't sound too much like Pollyanna though....Usually it's not the times like this when general anxiety is high that we get bit in the ass. It's usually those times when things are relatively calm that something unforeseen hits out of the blue.

[fearthem]

55. I feel the same.

[JackDragna]

57. I've had this feeling since Bush was elected.

It's not like the Iraq war is bad enough, of course, but something else will happen. We're destabilized the world far too much for its own good.

[blues90]

58. no dreams i recall but there is a feeling of insecurity here

I feel on the edge and even more so waiting for two jobs to begin in august while being out of work then the horrors all around us come in and I have to wonder what is the point , the entire world could come apart before then . I am just on a small survival mode without anything to look forward to and the past shot to hell .

This seems to only be a problem for those who stay informed and for those who care and see what's going on . it is really horrible and each day seems to bring more and more bad news .

The ones who are going on fine and dandy just ignore everything or all a hell of alot stronger that me .

[Marie26]

59. Join the club

I've felt like that for awhile, but honestly, it's starting to lift. I just feel ready.

[KyuzoGator]

64. Could FoxNews telling us we're in World War III every ten seconds...

...possibly have something to do with it?

[rman]

75. I don't think BHN listens to FOX a lot

[BeHereNow]

104. Actually, I HAVE been watching Faux News...Know the enemy and all.

Two days ago, I turned the television on with the express
purpose of learning just how bad the spin was on the ME.
I will not do that again for a very long time.
To what end?
As if we could do anything about it?
FUCK the CONGRESS.
FUCK the SENATE.
They have abandoned WE, the people.
And most of all, FUCK HILARY of WALMART BOARD FOR SIX YEARS, Clinton and
her fucking WTO-responsible-husband, Blue-dress-in-bed- with -Murdoch-and-Bush-Senior
husband, BILL.

BHN

[bdamomma]

109. FOX NEWS???????

they are promoting a WW3, what a bunch of sick sick people.

[mmonk]

65. I have a hole in mine.

[LittleClarkie]

67. I know what you mean. But I think mine is PMS/menopause related

so I can't tell exactly where my urge to cry is coming from exactly.

[rucky]

68. I'm a guy.

It's not PMS.

Trust me.

[LittleClarkie]

69. I was posting in the first person.

I feel like shit and I can't tell if it's because we're all going to hell in a handbasket or my fucking hormones are haywire. Probably a bit of both.

[Hekate]

70. BHN -- my hubs had shouting nightmares last night. You're not alone at all

:grouphug:
We all need one of those --> :grouphug:

Hekate

[earth mom]

71. I hear ya...my stomach is in knots after being gone all day having fun...

well, as much fun as one can have with such a cloud hanging over...only to come home and read the threads here with utter horror, anxiety and fear.

You are not alone. :grouphug:

[Chi-Town Exile]

72. Ick! There is some nasty shit going on right now.

We all need to visualize white light.

I'm serious ... no matter what you believe in let's all visualize peace.

[Digit]

76. A movie called The Secret certainly changed my perspective!

KKKarl and company are working overtime to make us fearful. I feel it is being done on purpose.

For those open to the idea that your thoughts can influence many aspects of your life, watch the trailer.
Someone had posted the movie to Google Videos, but it gets moved before too long.
Of course you can view the trailer online, view the entire movie online for $4.95, or buy the DVD.
Others might be more creative...
Oh, and of course I have no connection to this movie...I just learned about it through the grapevine.

We were chatting about this movie here:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=245&topic_id=22589&mesg_id=22589

Here is the Secret site:
http://www.whatisthesecret.tv/

[Dkoi]

77. No problem, BHN.

About venting, that is.

I've had that feeling for a while now, but for different reasons not meant for this thread.

Regardless, especially regarding the Middle-East situation, I'm hoping beyond hope that it ends swiftly, without the slaughter of half the world's population.

[diamidue]

78. Survivalist mode

I also have a feeling of impending doom. I've taken to stocking my pantry with extra food, water, medical things, flashlights, radio, etc. Even buying some gold/silver. Something just doesn't feel right and I want to be as prepared as possible. After seeing how this govt. takes care of it's citizens in times of crisis, I now know it is every man/woman for him/herself.

[Pachamama]

79. Your not alone - there is a disturbance in "the force" and many of us are

feeling it. I haven't been able to sleep well for weeks now, even before last weeks fighting in Israel/Lebanon/Palestine broke out.

Its been a sense that something was brewing and that there was danger coming. On the 4th of July I spent the day at the Hoopa Reservation here in NorCal with my husband's cousin and husband who is a tribal elder. We talked about a lot of things and talked about things coming.

Your not alone...many are feeling it... :hug:

Be ready and keep your energy and health up...we are all going to be needed and our strength...

[Full Metal]

81. American Idiot

Gettin all Gingrich but ya man that pit in your stomach would be the coming of war but not a war that we don't really feel because you aint there and your buddies aint dyin here life goes on but this war might be a war that we feel even if we aint there.

And you know what I think that would be better because maybe if we couldn't wage war with so little effect on our own little lives we might not be so prone to wage it.

I mean shit save for my boys cross seas it's a t.v. show to Americans. Look at yourselves right now r-u not watching Lebanon/Israel right now like it's a fucking reality show????

Don't lie I can tell by your posts.

shit's bout to hit the fan and 2,500 KIA is going to be one day in country. Enh back to the bad old days, soldier up or couch down because it's going to be my uneducated young ass that's gotta fight it anyways.

[Hekate]

83. I think you need to read more posts and think about what they say

before you claim things like this:
"I mean shit save for my boys cross seas it's a t.v. show to Americans. Look at yourselves right now r-u not watching Lebanon/Israel right now like it's a fucking reality show???? Don't lie I can tell by your posts."

Pay attention, cowboy: Democratic Underground is full of veterans and families of vets.

All of us here, whether or not we have served in the military are fully aware of the true cost of war in lives and treasure. And we support the troops.

Hekate

[Full Metal]

85. WTF are you talking about?

a) full metal aint jacket it's alchemist

b) come on you're watching Lebanon/Israel right now like it's a fucking t.v. show don't feel bad so am I.

c) aww shit that's it.

[jsamuel]

97. .

a) love that show
b) maybe you are, I am not
c) ?

[TheWatcher]

86. Self-Delete

Pointless.

[Full Metal]

87. It wasn't so much a broad brush

as it was my thought on the modern American psyche I'm sorry but the scars of war don't touch us . . . never have probably never will and now not only do we not feel it but we watch it live through satelite broadcast sent directly to every home in the nation. Those are the facts to us war is a fucking reality show.

[BeHereNow]

102. Welcome to DU, I think...

As a newcomer to DU, may I suggest that you
get to know us better before you go hurling
accusations and judgments as to what we do and don't know?
BHN

[OneBlueSky]

88. the world right now consists of innumerable "rotating appliances" . . .

and unending quantities of political fecal matter . . .

what your intuition is telling you is that sometime soon, they will meet . . . big time . . .

shit, meet fan . . . fan, meet shit . . .

humans, duck! . . . or kiss your asses goodbye . . .

[laruemtt]

89. i wish i could say i don't feel the same way,

but we have to return to the u.s. in two weeks after a year in st. lucia. i am absolutely terrified to go back, along with frightening dreams of going back - almost like a warning not to get on the titanic. unfortunately, dh says we have no choice (he's on sabbatical) and says we'll get out if it gets really bad. why do i feel once we set feet on u.s. soil, we'll never be able to get out again.......

[MyNameGoesHere]

90. I have had that

same feeling for about 6 years now. Coincided with the dip shit getting elected.

[hedgehog]

93. I agree, the next six months are going to be a roller coaster.

Enjoy the summer, because I don't think anything will happen until after Labor Day. After that, the election cycle will really kick in and there's bound to be a bad hurricane. I'm not certain it's going to be all bad, but it's not going to be boring. The election is going to have a wild effect no matter the outcome. Look at the options:
1. The Democrats win, and Bush goes berserk
2. The Democrats win but get Diebolded.
3. The Republicans win (or hold fast) and Bush figures he's won a new mandate.

If the Democrats win, then they'll have to decide whether to impeach Bush or grit their teeth and try to restrain him for 2 years. Neither option is good.

[HeeBGBz]

94. At least you can sleep

I haven't been able to sleep enough to dream much.

I pretty well accept annihilation is forthcoming.

I'll just go with the Lakota warriors saying

"Hokahey, today is a good day to die!"

[Generic Other]

95. I had a prophetic dream in 2000

Haven't had any like it before or since.

I was standing in my back yard and watched a huge titan missile (or whatever it was) with USAF on the side under a flag barrel down in slowmotion out of the sky. I woke up before the impact, but was shaken for weeks by the bad feelings I had. It happened just before Election 2000. It was hard to explain to people why I had such a bad reaction to Bush. For some reason I knew he was the one my dream was warning me about.

Guess I was also warning myself about how my country was going to be ripped a part.

:shrug:

[davekriss]

98. I had a prophetic dream the day before...

...the jet crashed in Bayside, Brooklyn right after 9-11 (the plane that broke up due to "rudder wake"). In my dream, I walked into the backyard of a small urban house (much like the houses in Bayside) and looked up in the sky and saw multiple planes headed toward the ground at near right angles. Then I noticed the parachutes. Hundreds of people descending slowly out of the sky. I first felt intense anxiety, thinking "terrorists" (in my dream), then realized they were not terrorists, but attempting to survive the crashing planes. I woke up in tears. The next day the jet broke up and crashed in Bayside (no survivors, of course).

My life has been peppered with "strong dreams" that have been prophetic. (Unfortunately, I've yet to dream of six numbers between 1 and 51, i.e. winning lottery numbers...!)

[Generic Other]

106. You know why you had that dream?

You were trying to save people from 9/11. The people with parachutes in your dream would have lived, as opposed to what actually happened to them. Very revealing of your inner self.

I too alas have never won the lotto.

[davekriss]

107. I think you are right

It wasn't a forward-oriented dream, the Bayside crash was a coincidence.

To this day tears well up in my eyes thinking about the parachuters, as they do when I think about the lost, and more intensely the jumpers, of 9-11. Such madness and evil on an otherwise perfectly blue day!

(I lived in the NY metro area in those days, Connecticut, and worked in Manhattan. I was on my way to the Westchester airport when I got a call from my wife saying a plane hit the WTC. She said some were speculating that it was a small plane and we we're both exploring how a small plane could hit a building when there wasn't a cloud in the sky. Heart attack maybe? Then, while on the phone, the second plane hit. We said to eachother in unison, "terrorism!". We talked more and I said I'd continue on to the airport then decide what I was going to do. I got there, walked in; everyone was silent, glued to the CNN monitors, then they shut the place down. While driving home the first tower fell and I thought to myself again that this is madness, nothing deserves this kind of act, so intensely discongruent from the beautiful peace of the day -- I looked around the highway and noted the greens were more intensely green, the blues more blue, the chatter from my radio so wildly distant from the serenity of my visual field -- then I looked down and saw that I was driving over 100 mph on the winding Merritt Parkway, so intense was my desire to pull my family together around me. Years later, when F911 came out, my wife squeezed my hand to get me to breath again in the dark of the movie theater when Michael Moore's screen went black and all we heard were the sounds of the jets as they smacked into the towers. She knows how deeply I was hurt by that, and how deeply it still hurts whenever I see pictures of it again.)

So, Doctor Generic Other, let me try two more on you...

Another "strong dream": I was a young adult in Florida. I dreamed I was in the air. After a few seconds I saw seagulls at my side, in front of me, and I realized I was one of them, a gull riding the thermals off the late September ocean surface. I looked down and I noted that it seemed to be the aftermath of a storm. I was hovering over the barrier beach at the east end of Long Island. Vegetation was stripped and debris was scattered well ahead of the water line. I looked along the beach and there was a shallow breach in it, with cool, clear water flowing into the bay. I could see the Moriches Lighthouse to the right. I woke up refreshed and feeling good, and for grins I called my brother who lived in the eastern parts of Long Island. I asked, Joe, did you guys just have a storm? No, he said; I then added detail from my dream, including describing the break in the barrier beach with the Moriches Lighthouse towards the right. Two weeks later he calls me in Florida. They just had a gale and it broke the barrier beach exactly as I described it from my dream. In fact, my depiction was the picture in actual used by Newsday that day, filling the entire front page.

Another "strong dream": Again, I was a young adult. I was at a long picnic table where conversation was hot and heavy, everyone around the table talking loudly and over eachother about mundane things, sports, jobs, etc. The picnic table was surrounded by full, high trees and a hill on one side. The grass around the table was full grown, gone to seed. Bright summer day with the winds swirling the branches and adding to the murmer of conversation. A ragamuffin of a dog walked out of the grass and started barking at me. It kept barking until I turned around, then with a dog smile it started jumping up and down and started to walk up the hill, stopping to bark at me again until I got up from the crowded table and began to follow. The dog was excited and happy when I got up. It continued up the hill, jumping up out of the grass to bark at me to be sure I was still following. As I walked away from the table the noise of the crowd diminished until all I could hear was the wind swirling through the trees and my doggie friend occassionally barking at me to make sure I kept up. Then at the top of the hill the dog sat down and quietly stared at the other side. I soon caught up and was over-awed by what I saw: On that side it was evening. Deep purple sky with wisps of clouds. In the distance was a beautiful city, itself lit by glittering deep greens and purples and blues. It appeared to be a futuristic city, with things flying around the towers and spires. It was extremely peaceful, all I could hear was a steady chorus of human voices, almost as if thousands were continously humming. Then a basket floated by. Inside the basket was a lush blanket that slowly unfolded. Out of the basket drifted a woman's head, wrapped in a shawl, and slowly turned as it drifted past. While drifting the woman added her humming, more distinct and beautiful than the already comforting general hum. I looked down at the dog to say thank you for this, then woke up. Refreshed, energized for weeks and months to come.

I appreciated your quick ability to get to the truth of my first dream, so I thought I'd share these too to hear what you see in them. I've got dozens of them (but I'll spare DU!!).

[Generic Other]

110. The first dream is easy

You were either channeling Jonathan Livingston Seagull or picking up the Weather Channel forecast in advance!

The disembodied head in the basket is much harder to interpret. You have really interesting and vivid dreams. The futuristic city is a sign of hope, isn't it? Maybe you saw your city's future laid out for you in advance.

I am struck by how often your dreams involve flying. I never fly in my dreams! In fact, I don't ever seem to go anywhere. Most of my dreams are creepy ones involving dark corridors, doorways and empty cupboards. Everything always smells musty. I'm always looking for something.

[davekriss]

111. Never thought about it, but flying is a common

...dream theme. When I was a kid, pre-adult, I used to have lucid dreams (I was able to exercise a degree of control) where I'd skip along the ground, rising a little with each skip, until finally I was off the ground, and I could then rise above the houses in my neighborhood and fly around, then land elsewhere at will. It was very exhilarating, though sometimes (in these repetitive dreams) I'd be frustrated taking off as it would take some doing (some skipping) before I was aloft.

On the second dream, the city and human chorus was indeed a sign (more, a vision) of peace, serenity, and intense joy. The friendly dog was my dream guide. The crowded picnic table was society, I was being "called out" from the conventional. But I have never understood what the disembodied head meant, it just adds mystery to the vision of this city of jewels.

On these "strong dreams", I should say also that they stand out from the typical, mundane dream in that I remember them in great detail, they are very sensual (very full of sensory input), and I wake up feeling as if I have received a gift (I feel grateful) even when, as with the parachuting people, they are sad.

I might add that I sleep oddly (it takes me hours to fall asleep and then again hours to fully wake). When I had the luxury of time to lay around in bed (o college days!) I used to drift in and out of a kind of reverie: With eyes closed I'd be conscious of sounds in the room and then suddenly they'd switch off only to reappear for a time and switch off again, but I'd be seemingly conscious (maybe dream-conscious). My mind, when the room sounds switch off, would feel unshackled and free and, without willing it, would energetically explore conceptual and dream-visual landscapes. I'd come back to myself with some wonderful ideas about art and literature and made much use of them in my (college) work and writing (english lit major here who also painted alot).

Whatever the meanings, these things are a joy, a plus to me.

[Generic Other]

112. One of my favorite children's books is "Tar Beach"

<snip>In one of the most visually exciting books to appear in a long time, artist Faith Ringgold has created a picture book based on her story quilt, "Tar Beach." Eight-year-old Cassie Lightfoot and her baby brother Be Be lie stretched out on a mattress on the rooftop of their Harlem apartment while her parents play cards with their next-door neighbors. During that magical time that comes between wakefulness and sleep, the adult conversation blends into Cassie's daydream as she envisions herself flying high above the city, claiming that she owns it all and can change anything to make life come out the way she wants it to be. Ringgold's boldly imaginative acrylic paintings brilliantly capture the power of a child's soaring imagination on the twilight edge of dreams. <snip>


http://www.education.wisc.edu/ccbc/books/detailBook.asp?idBooks=156

[Critters2]

96. I have it, too

and I'm not generally one to worry about things. But it seems like there's a tension in the air. One of my parishioners said so this morning, and my secretary agreed, too.

Maybe it's nothing....but

[dogday]

100. I am worried shit-less

My son is in Iraq and I have already been worried enough, but I feel like something really bad is going to happen over there and he will be involved somehow.... It sucks to feel this way every time I here about more violence....

[citizen snips]

103. we are all going to die!

:scared:



:sarcasm:

[BeHereNow]

105. Not in the way you sarcastically infer-

No, not at all.
It is a slow and wrenching death.
Death of the econmy.
Death of public health.
Death of education.
Death by global elitist stealth.

Now get back to us in ten years and let us know how you are doing.
Okay?
Okay.
Providing, that is, there is still an Internet that
provides the application of FREE SPEECH.

BHN

[QuettaKid]

108. my pre-911 dream.

it was right after the singer aaliyah died....she died just before before 9/11 and I had a dream that I was at her funeral in Harlem....and her casket fell off the bier, and the feeling in the dream was one of horrible and impending DOOM. I can't recall if it was the night before 9/11, but it was very close to it.