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yewberry

(6,530 posts)
Sun Jun 17, 2012, 11:23 PM Jun 2012

I have nightmares about eating meat.

Am I the only one? Sometimes I dream that I am eating meat, but in the dreams I am horrified.

It's infrequent, but I do have terrible dreams about eating meat. As a child, even before I was veg*n, I had nightmares about eating animals and even human friends. That might have something to do with why I don't eat meat; I don't know.

Disclaimer: I live with night terrors. Nightmares of every variety are routine, and I do wake (myself and others) screaming. Maybe it is just part of who I am.

Do others have these awful dreams?

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I have nightmares about eating meat. (Original Post) yewberry Jun 2012 OP
I hope you don't have to take Communion Xipe Totec Jun 2012 #1
Then don't let anyone tell you fruits and vegetables are alive thelordofhell Jun 2012 #2
Nightmares josejimenez Jun 2012 #3
It's a good thing you weren't born marybourg Jun 2012 #4
Well thank goodness we've advanced... WillParkinson Jul 2012 #9
I have dreams about eating meat RebelOne Jun 2012 #5
Had a nightmare as a kid about cracking an egg over a hot skillet and a baby chick falling there. freshwest Jun 2012 #6
Yes, I do. Hell Hath No Fury Jun 2012 #7
Meat does enter my dreams, but I'm always still vegetarian in them. HopeHoops Jul 2012 #8

josejimenez

(18 posts)
3. Nightmares
Sun Jun 17, 2012, 11:52 PM
Jun 2012

Not about eating meat, but yes, awful dreams. It's like a replay of what goes on in meat processing. Maybe your suffering is also an awareness of other suffering.

WillParkinson

(16,866 posts)
9. Well thank goodness we've advanced...
Sat Jul 7, 2012, 09:19 AM
Jul 2012

Back then we didn't understand that animals were living, breathing creatures that knew pain and fear. Today we know and understand this, but many just don't care.

freshwest

(53,661 posts)
6. Had a nightmare as a kid about cracking an egg over a hot skillet and a baby chick falling there.
Tue Jun 19, 2012, 08:57 PM
Jun 2012

Still makes my heart freak thinking about it. That is pretty terrifying stuff. But then I was having dreams about my family burning up in an airplane crash in those years. Too much television, maybe.

There's so much about food grosses me out, most days I don't want to eat. I'm simply not in the mood. Eating seems unavoidable, so pay close attention to what you put into your body.




 

Hell Hath No Fury

(16,327 posts)
7. Yes, I do.
Wed Jun 20, 2012, 03:48 PM
Jun 2012

20+ years as a vegetarian and I have them occasionally. When I do it really freaks me out and, even as I am dreaming, I am wondering what the hell I am doing. The dreams also tend to wake me up because I find them so disturbing. I am not sure what it means.

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