Two nights ago I had a painful dream.  Physically.  I have it often, every few months or so.

Its not so much the dream itself, but something I’m doing in the dream.  Storyline or plot aside (my dreams are usually linear to a degree) I seem to be holding my thumb back as far as it will go.  I have thumbs that are commonly referred to as “hitchhiker thumbs.”  I can bend them back pretty far when giving a thumbs up.

In my dream, and usually on my right hand, I am holding my thumb back so far it is painful.  And I can’t seem to straighten it or bend it back from that position. I usually end up grabbing it with my other hand to relieve some pressure and to manually straighten it some.

The problem being as soon as I let go my thumb goes straight back to the painful bent back position when I let go (this is all in the dream mind you).

Now I’m pretty sure I do this in real life while I’m sleeping as well.  While I haven’t video taped myself sleeping or anything, I do wake up and my thumb hurts all day.  It still hurts this morning from this dream two nights ago.

Like I said, this happens every few months.  After a few days the pain goes away and I forget about it completely until I have the dream again.

Its strange as far as reoccurring dreams go.