YOU ARE NOT ALONE - A companion online community discussion board for The Mental Illness Happy Hour podcast with Paul Gilmartin

I've had reoccurring dreams for decades of trying to find a bathroom stall in a public place and all the toilets are disgusting & dirty, as well as not having any doors for privacy. Also, I often dream of dogs trying to bite me as well..

I have the same dreams about the bathrooms! They're either super gross, or like, don't have doors on them. I'm pretty sure my body is just trying to tell me I need to go to the bathroom and to wake up, haha.

For the dogs one, are you afraid of dogs or have you been bitten by one?

I think the bathroom dreams have something to do with feeling exposed. Bathrooms are such intimate places which are supposed to be private. Maybe the things I feel so disgusted by, about myself-all my shit, is on display for others to see.

I feel like the dogs in my dreams are an extension of myself...i.e. I'm my own worst enemy. I don't want to hurt myself but can't seem to get any control over my tendencies, & so they keep attacking me.