Ever since I can remember, I've been a dreamer. Not only do I get lost in vivid day dreams, but my subconscious takes over in the darkness of night with raging images. Over the years, I've come to realize that I have a history of especially strange dreams.
They are a mix of nightmares, unrealistic events, and practical moments. I've had some that were premonitions, predicting coming events. Others were so far out of the box that I don't expect anything to resemble them in real life.
But the one thing that my mind usually keeps out of my dreams is diabetes and pain. No nightmare has ever involved diabetes complications, seizures, or even diabetes moments. It's so ingrained in my daily life that my brain doesn't find the need to remind me of it in my sleep.
However, there are rare moments that diabetes takes over. During an afternoon nap, diabetes took a very real turn in my dream. A frustrating moment that left me wide awake...and thankful.
In my dream, my brothers were throwing a party at my dad's house. And for some reason, they'd decided to consume every can of coke in the fridge. So as I proceeded to yell at them in my dream and struggle to find an alternative to my low treatment, I kept telling myself that I was low. Subconsciously in my dream and apparently in reality, I repeated to myself over and over again that I was low.
And the moment I woke up, I kept repeating it to myself. At first, I didn't believe it. But as I sat there, I knew that my dreams usually mean something (whether realistic or not). So I checked. Sure enough, the meter showed 63.
Luckily, my mom has plenty of juice at her house so I wasn't left yelling at anyone for drinking all my low treatments. But it still shocks me that diabetes is literally so pervasive. Even in my dreams, I'm not safe from the stress and concern of this disease.
I'm also comforted by this fact though. Lows while sleeping are absolutely a real fear for me, so even if diabetes has to come to me in my dreams...at least I'm alive and awake to remind myself that diabetes is constant.
But I'm curious, does anyone else dream about diabetes? And if so, what kind of dreams are they?
