Dream Title "Transference" by kidoobird Date of Dream 25 sept 98 5am Dream At the old house of a family friend, getting ready to go to work, I walk out of the house and halfway down the block when I realize I have forgotten something. Walking back, I cannot find the house. This being a neighborhood I know well, I do not understand how I could be so confused. I retrace my steps and still cannot find the house. I start to get very panicky when I look around and realize that I am not even on the same street and none of the houses are the same. I stop, close my eyes and try to visualize where I should be but when I open them, nothing has changed. I start to really panic now and I feel kind of woozy and disoriented. I begin talking to myself to stay focused, but to no avail. I am afraid to ask for help in that someone would think I was insane. I am terrified because I have no idea where I am. Next thing I know I am inside of this large loft apartment in New York (I live in California and have never been to the East Coast) with a woman who is about 40 or so. She is talking to me and getting ready to go to work. I am silent, because she doesn’t seem to realize what is happening. She thinks I am her live-in female lover. She says something about me resting and getting well then bids me goodbye. I see myself in the mirror and I am definitely not me. Still in a panic, I run to the phone and call my godmother in San Francisco for help. She is not there so I leave a frantic message on her machine; at the same time, I am taking a pee. When I finish, I hang up the phone, immediately waking up. Comments by Dreamer The feeling about this dream is that I had no control whatsoever. Usually I do similar things in my dreams, but it is always my choice. This felt like I was being forced to inhabit another living person’s body/space. It was also very present tense. It was very unsettling and I had a time getting back to sleep Permission to Comment yes_share_comments Permission Comments comments are welcome.