Powerful Dream

To sleep.  Perchance to dream."  Shakespeare

Last night I awakened at 2:12 from a powerful dream.  I dreamed I was in a concentration camp and was married to a cruel, destructive and cowardly man.  In the dream I was trying to avoid his violence and destruction.  Upon awakening, I realize that the dream represents what dementia was for me.  It is cruel, destructive and cowardly; and I spent a lot of time as caregiver trying to avoid getting caught in its clutches along with my loved one.  I share this intimate dream because I think it is instructive in how deeply into our subconscious we are affected by the disease of dementia and the role of caregiving.