{"id":35740,"date":"2025-07-30T17:57:14","date_gmt":"2025-07-30T17:57:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/damwebserver.com\/dreamdoctor\/articles\/knock-out-punch\/"},"modified":"2026-02-13T09:38:31","modified_gmt":"2026-02-13T17:38:31","slug":"knock-out-punch","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/damwebserver.com\/dreamdoctor\/articles\/knock-out-punch\/","title":{"rendered":"knock out punch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I have a recurring dream that my ex-boyfriend comes around and says he needs to talk and he wants me to go somewhere with him. (I have been apart from my ex-boyfriend for over four years. He was abusive through our entire relationship and still comes around every six months or so.) I tell him that I will go, but this will be the last time I ever want to talk to him, and that I want him to leave me alone from now on.<\/p>\n<p>So we go to a public place, and we are standing there and I start getting my insecure feeling again &#8212; like I did every time I was with him &#8212; and he starts to degrade me. I feel myself going back into the same rut of letting him control me.<\/p>\n<p>Then I get this sudden burst of anger. I realize this is all wrong and I tell him that I am in love with my new boyfriend and I just want him to leave me alone. I turn around and see my current boyfriend who says to me, &#8220;I am here if you need me. Do what you have to.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>So I turn around and go to punch my ex. I try with all my might, but it is as though I almost just poke him with my finger. I keep trying and trying and start crying with frustration. I turn around and my current boyfriend says, &#8220;You don&#8217;t have to do this. I can take care of it for you.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>This is the point when I make myself wake up because I can&#8217;t stand the feelings of insecurity. Can you help? I probably have this dream on average once every two weeks. One time, I had this dream every day for a week straight.<\/p>\n<p align=\"right\">\u2014Kim, age 22, engaged to be married, Collinsville, IL<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">For the interpretation of the dream, click<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/damwebserver.com\/dreamdoctor\/articles\/knock-out-punch-2\/\" id=\"734\" option=\"com_content\">here<\/a><br \/><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Back to list of<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/damwebserver.com\/dreamdoctor\/articles\/common-dreams\/\" id=\"27\" option=\"com_content\">common dreams<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","categories":[2956,3096],"class_list":["post-35740","articles","type-articles","status-publish","hentry","category-common-dreams-question","category-paralyzed"],"acf":{"article_id":"729"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/damwebserver.com\/dreamdoctor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/articles\/35740","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/damwebserver.com\/dreamdoctor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/articles"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/damwebserver.com\/dreamdoctor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/articles"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/damwebserver.com\/dreamdoctor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35740"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/damwebserver.com\/dreamdoctor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35740"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}