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had a stupid, triggering nightmare last night.

my sister was pregnant (she isn't) and had some unknown medical condition that she had to watch sodium and cholesterol very carefully. I was explaining to her about food labels and showing her what she needed to look at, and what limits she needed to set. But i was really critical of her in my dream, i was very mean. i would say things like "no, you can't eat that, it has too much sodium." where in real life, if i had a patient on a sodium restricted diet and we were doing the same thing (i'm a nurse) i would be much more gentle about it.
I woke up really triggered (thank god at least she wasn't watching calories or fat!)
Stupid dreams.
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dreams do reflect how we feel subconsciencely, but its normal. there is nothing wrong with these dream, yes, they can be scary but just relax and u will be cool
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gosh...i'm sorry....i hate how ED haunts us..even in our dreams...I wish there was a button you could push to make it all go away..at least in our dreams...but I think if you can find a way to turn it off in your real life, our dreams will become sweeter too....I know mine have...recovery is hard, but it's great when you get there....hope you have better dreams tonight..
missyS
missyS
omg i hate ED nightmares! mine usually involve me eating like a french fry or soemthing...i get freaked the fuck out and am relieved to wake up and figure out that nothing of the sort has passed my lips....and i know what u mean about not wanting her looking at the cals and fat...i get really triggered and competitive when i see people reading labels...like that's not there for them to read...they shouldnt know...cuz what if it's high in cals and they see that...and stop eating it???? MAJOR TRIGGER
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no, i feel that way too (about not wanting other people to know how bad the food is for them,
but what i was really saying above is thank god i didn't have to explain to her abuot calories or fat, how much more triggering the dream would have been. it was just somethign stupid like sodium.
I called her (my sister) and told her i was mean to her in my dream, and that i was sorry! she laughed and said it's okay.
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