I had another strange dream last night, and it has me wondering if there is something my subconscious or perhaps something deeper, is trying to tell me. For quite a while now, I’ve noticed a recurring theme in my dreams. I am always searching for somewhere I can be completely alone and private, usually because I need to take a shower or use the bathroom. But I can never find anywhere. There are always people around. Bathrooms have no privacy, showers are exposed, people can walk in, or there is simply nowhere I can go where I can close a door and be completely by myself. The longer I search, the more anxious I become. There is this growing feeling of desperation: I just need somewhere private. Another strange recurring part of my dreams is my eyes. 👀 My eyes are closed, or almost impossible to open, yet somehow I can still see what is happening around me. I keep trying to force my eyes open, but they feel incredibly heavy. I am exhausted and struggling to stay awake or fully present, even though I am still moving through the dream and somehow seeing everything. Then last night, in the middle of all of this, something completely unexpected happened. I was looking at a table when suddenly a kitten dropped out of it. 🐱 I immediately called him Sherlock. He was orange and white stripped with blue eyes. Strange right? Then I started thinking that if I were going to keep him, I should probably give him an Irish name that would go with Finnegan, my existing cat. And apparently my dreaming brain thought this was perfectly reasonable. 😂.. But underneath the funny parts, the recurring pieces are really starting to bother me. Why am I always searching for privacy? Why am I constantly trying to find somewhere I can shower, go to the bathroom, or simply be alone without someone being able to see me? Why can I see perfectly well when my eyes are closed? And why am I always fighting so hard to open them when I am absolutely exhausted? Then, in the middle of that anxiety and searching, why does this tiny unexpected kitten suddenly appear?