![]() I looked up the interpretation of these dreams and learnt that they signalled swallowing an unpleasant part of your life until it can no longer be seen, spoken of, or heard. More recently these dreams of choking have been tinged with COVID anxiety – I am sick, my dream self thinks, so I must stay away from others. My partner mentioned it to me last spring – you know you stop breathing during the night, right? – and I shrugged, feigning disinterest in my body and its nocturnal patterns while thinking about a strange sensation that started a few years ago: visceral, physical dreams where my mouth would fill with peanut butter, the concrete-like spread sticking my molars and vocal cords together. The woman is me, and I am choking in my sleep. It begins with a woman barely able to speak. You cannot describe anything without betraying your point of view, your aspirations, your fears, your hopes. ![]() Whatever you describe to another person is also a revelation of who you are and who you think you are. ![]()
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