Daily Archive for June 22nd, 2008

No Escape

Published on June 22, 2008 in Depression, Dreams, Mental Health, PTSD and Therapy. 5 Comments

I woke up this morning anxious and angry about last night’s dreams. It was your typical stuff, a hurt child, stray cats and locked doors. One such door had a huge sign on it that said, “Keep this door open at all times.” The door was bolted and boarded shut. It was an emergency exit for an apartment I lived in just before I went to live with a foster family that now holds the title, “Best Family I Ever Lived With.” That apartment building comes up quite a bit in my dreams. It was like a maze getting out of the foyer but once you got out there was a small parking lot and a huge open field. I use to run the length of the field up to the railroad tracks and follow it as far as I could stand to go. I’d run all the way up, never looking back. Continue reading ‘No Escape’