Michelle,
I do believe the developing pattern of the dream is about the frequent and probably many stresses in your life, and perhaps deep feelings of neglect. The illness may be an 'emotional breakdown' of a sort due to these pressures and emotional conflicts. Has there been a sudden onslaught of stresses in your life of recent, say the past three days prior to the dream?

Your husband not being there would be addressing those times he has he been 'unsupported'. This would be another emotional stress in your life.

Have there been recent bouts with 'low moods' or even depression lately? {'im tired im going to sleep now knowing that i might not wake up'}.

These stresses could be affecting your health. Do you feel run down, perhaps more so of recent? It could be psychologically 'run down'. The marathon could be how you feel about your life. Coming from all different directions.

One other possibility, although slight, is you may have an illness you have not yet become aware. Sometimes dreams will do that but it is rare.Note: Even with an actual body illness, it would be said the dream is acting in a 'compensatory' function.

I would look at the 3 day period, either prior to the dream, or an actual 3 days left for 'some thing' in your life. Or something else that fits with a 3 day period. Death could represent something is coming to an end. Put the two together and see where that leads if you can.

At you age I sense these are current waking life experiences the dream is addressing, the 'literal stresses' in your life, and less about metaphorical references to the deeper psyche {as would be the likelihood with an older person}. Don't worry about actually 'dying in 3 days', dreams rarely make such predictions. dreams compensate, they don't have a habit of predicting the future.

When is the marathon you are wishing t run taking place. 'Comrades marathon'. Comrades is a term that invokes memories of the old USSR. Is there a relationship?

Jerry

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Hi

Yes i have constant emotional stress and the last week or so my husband and i are not communicating. I feel like i need to make a decision about how to go forward from here and if it can be fixed.
I definitely feel unsupported.
The comrades marathon is a 90km run that has a history going back 80 years or so i think. Its run yearly in Durban South Africa. I have done it once and its a dream to do it again.

thanks for all your time. I always dream very vivid dreams and this one in fact i woke up about 5 times during it and kept dreaming everytime i went back to sleep.

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Michelle,
It is good that you remember your dreams {we all dream every night- remembering our dreams is the problem}. Dreams are therapeutic in they try to help you resolve emotional issues even when you don't remember your dreams. When yo do wake and have the dream still in focus it can provide information about yourself that can be revealing. If there are aspects that are unknown, forgotten, or repressed then the dream presenting this info will help you better understand all that is involved. The only problem is dreams speak in a language of symbol and metaphor. Interpreting that language is the task at hand. Whatever the dream's message it will fit somewhere within your life.

Jerry

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