I am afraid of elevators

United States
August 24, 2020 6:59am CST
I am sure I've told most people here, but I do not like elevators. The ride up isn't so bad, but I hate the jolt at the beginning and end. There have been a few terrifying times that I was even stuck in one. That isn't what this post is about though. It's about the dream I had last night. Last night, I was shopping at the grocery chain I used to work for. I was at a location that was much bigger than the one I worked at. There were several levels at this location, and they carried a variety of non-grocery items. I am not going to go into full detail of the dream, but there was a drama playing out around me. Something to do with a doctor who could not perform the job anymore. I figured out that he was being poisoned by rival doctors. The poison was causing his joints to lock up and morph. He was turning into the hulk. The dream switched and I was calling to have someone pick me up. I was still on the phone as I was headed to the registers, and ended up pushing the buggy into a bank attached to the store. I tried finding the store again, but I kept entering the bank at different angles. Finally someone helped me, and apparently I had taken the elevator down without realizing it. There was another to the dream that I can't remember as much. I know it had something to do with history, but that's all I can remember.
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• Agra, India
24 Aug 20
That is really a scary dream
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• United States
24 Aug 20
It was very stressful. I was afraid that they would ask me to clock in, and then I was scared because I was lost.
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• United States
24 Aug 20
@amitkokiladitya I woke up and my first thought was "Oh, I don't work for that store anymore."
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• Agra, India
24 Aug 20
@ScribbledAdNauseum yes...and a dream I would never like to remember at all
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@LadyDuck (462771)
• Switzerland
24 Aug 20
I do not like elevators because I suffer of claustrophobia. I have been stuck inside an elevator a few times, not for very long, but I cannot forget when I was a very young girl that an elevator of the apartment building where we lived had an accident and fell from the 5th floor. Those inside were seriously hurt.
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• United States
24 Aug 20
Oh! I think that would have made me terrified to ever use an elevator again. I don't like being closed in the box either, but my biggest fear is being stuck in it. Not because of claustrophobia though.
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• United States
31 Aug 20
@LadyDuck I hate being anywhere with white sterile walls. It creeps me out.
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@LadyDuck (462771)
• Switzerland
31 Aug 20
@ScribbledAdNauseum For years I refused to enter an elevator. I also do not like to be inside a box, but in my case it is claustrophobia.
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@rakski (112924)
• Philippines
24 Aug 20
what an action-filled dream of many location
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• United States
24 Aug 20
It was odd because I could see the hospital in my mind, but I was still in the grocery store. It felt like someone was performing a scene in front of me.
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@rakski (112924)
• Philippines
25 Aug 20
@ScribbledAdNauseum that is kind of different huh, two locations at the same time but then it is a dream
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• United States
25 Aug 20
@rakski Yes, dreams are so very weird! Last night I dreamed I had two twin brothers, and they were both like cyborgs.
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@LindaOHio (161146)
• United States
24 Aug 20
I use elevators; but I don't like to. I'm more terrified of flying. That was one wild dream! Have a great Monday.
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• United States
24 Aug 20
I've never flown, and probably never will. Too many horror stories about elevators for my liking. Doesn't seem like Monday, does it?
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• United States
24 Aug 20
@LindaOHio Exactly that! So weird.
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@LindaOHio (161146)
• United States
24 Aug 20
@ScribbledAdNauseum It just seems like it was Monday a day ago!
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@Sojourn (13836)
• India
24 Aug 20
That is one stressful dream. Sorry to hear about your fear about elevators.
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• United States
24 Aug 20
Thank You. I've lived with the fear my whole life. My father has the same fear, but he won't get into an elevator whereas I will.
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• United States
24 Aug 20
@Sojourn Yes, I have my family to thank for that. They made me go into the elevators. I don't like being alone in one, but if I am with others (even people I do not know), I am okay.
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@Sojourn (13836)
• India
24 Aug 20
@ScribbledAdNauseum Then you have conquered the fear a bit.
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@mayra666 (222)
24 Aug 20
that is really very scary dream
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• United States
24 Aug 20
It was more stressful than scary. All the things that give me anxiety rolled into one dream.
@mayra666 (222)
24 Aug 20
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@snowy22315 (172395)
• United States
31 Aug 20
My dream was getting lost at an apartment complex. My nephew was in it. When I went to his place, I got a little lost trying to find his apartment.
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• United States
31 Aug 20
I hate those dreams where I'm lost somewhere. They are usually anxiety inducing.
@thelme55 (76669)
• Germany
24 Aug 20
You have another scary dream again. I donĀ“t like the elevator too that is why I avoid it if I can.
@happylife1 (13404)
• Karachi, Pakistan
24 Aug 20
Oh they are so common now.. But i know some people have herght fobia
• United States
24 Aug 20
Yes, I don't like heights either.
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• India
24 Aug 20
I am trying to interpret that dream.
• United States
24 Aug 20
Good Luck. If you figure something out then let me know. In all seriousness, dreams about that job are always stressful dreams.
• United States
24 Aug 20
@piyushbhatia1 The dream went in so many different directions.
• India
24 Aug 20
@ScribbledAdNauseum No success till now.
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