Since you shared your nightmare, you've inspired me to come out into the open with my own!! About a year ago I had reoccuring nightmares and they were all the same theme: I was killing my ferrets. Not malicously (sp?) but for some reason or another they needed to be euthanized and I had to do it, and it was in AWFUL ways - like I had to drown them in one, and in another I had to cut their throat - and it was so horrible because I wasn't getting it the first time and the look on their faces was so horrible because I was their CAREGIVER, and in my heart I knew I was trying to help them but in reality I was hurting them by doing a botch job trying to put them out of their misery. I would wake up with a scream. It was SO disturbing. I have no idea what caused these dreams. They lasted about 2 weeks off and on, and since then they've never occured again. Horrible. The babies got extremely spoiled after each dream though. I would kiss and hug them non stop - they kind of were like "MOMMMMM - knock it off already, will ya??" - Mish ___MICHELLE Z. MATTA_________________________ Desktop Support Consultant .................. Carnegie Mellon Computing Services .......... [log in to unmask] | (412) 268-4212 ...... http://www.andrew.cmu.edu/user/mish/home.html _____________________________________________ [Posted in FML issue 2178]