I was going through some beautiful childhood memories and couldn't help but laugh at myself. It all started with my younger siblings sharing some funny experiences they had in school last week and it reminded me of a lot of things.
For a long time during my childhood days, I always had some reoccurring dreams and they were so unique that they gave me this soothing feeling that only deepened my sleep instead of doing the opposite. These dreams come in two forms, it's either I am at a river bank or the edge of a gutter peeing and somehow these dreams come to pass almost immediately. For the first few times, I always woke up immediately after this dream was over and my bed would be wet by then. I eventually became familiar with these dreams and whenever I was about to pee in the dreams, I always woke up but doing anything other than rushing to the toilet would mean that my bed would become a spring of urine.
My first experience with the dream happened during a holiday and it was quite funny. I felt so relieved while peeing in the dream not knowing that it was actually happening and I felt embarrassed because I was the eldest child of the family and I needed to lay good examples.
Our family friend's kids came to spend a few days with us during the holiday just like we always did too. We played a lot that day and I slept that night feeling very tired. I was barely asleep when I saw this dream and it happened fast.
I felt the bed was wet almost immediately after the dream and woke up immediately because such hadn't happened in a long time. My short was wet but I didn't believe it was me because I saw myself peeing earlier in my dream and it felt so real. We were three kids on that bed that night so I rolled our guest to the spot where I peed and went to change my shorts immediately.
Later in the morning, our guest took the blame for bedwetting since he was a professional at it, I was able to lie about changing my shorts. Days passed and our guest returned home, it was then my secret got exposed. I had this dream back to back and it was just so annoying that I didn't have control over myself when dreaming.
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My mom was scolding me one morning for peeing and I had to tell her that it wasn't my fault for wetting, I told her about the dream and she couldn't stop laughing. Mom said she had the dream as a kid and almost every kid always sees this dream as well. She made it clear that the reason why I couldn't control myself with the dream was because I played too much during the day so I turned a new leaf and stopped the extreme play. I started waking up once the dream started and would rush to the toilet, there are times I spill the pee in my shorts but it's better than bed wetting.
I was practically a heavy sleeper as a kid because I played a lot especially on weekends when I get to play football and bedwetting is not the only price I pay for the rough play. Mom always told me how I talk and kick while sleeping but there was no proof to convince me that I always did those things.
I eventually got my proof after sustaining a minor injury while sleeping. Unlike before, Mom used to adjust my sleeping position when I started my drama but that night, I don't know why she just let me be. I didn't know everything that happened before I kicked the wooden bed frame but I remembered letting out a scream after it happened.
That night, Mom suggested that I put my bed away from her bed frame to prevent such an occurrence. I learned to stop playing rough and those habits started vanishing as I grew up.