Last night, I dreamt that I was in this large metal building. The floor was metal, and the ceiling was metal, and so were two of the walls to either side of me, but the walls to the front and back were glass. The building was very tall, much taller than it was wide, and it was on the shore of a beach. The house felt like home to me, but it was odd because there were a lot of people there, and I'm an only child, so it's always been just me and my parents. The weird thing was that it felt like everyone there was me. I don't really know how to describe it except that, although they were separate people, I felt like there was peace and understanding among us, like we were all one unit with the same thoughts. I was looking out to the ocean, and suddenly a huge wave came. The tsunami was so massive that it easily engulfed the building. The windows shattered and the building was flooded. It was strange how calm everything was. When I initially saw the wave coming for the building, I felt a slight twinge of fear, but even when the water flooded the building completely, I felt calm. We were all floating aimlessly for a moment – there was no air to breathe at all. Then slowly someone flicked a switch and the water drained out. It was a male, around my age, maybe a bit younger (I'm 21) with dark black hair. It was actually an actor from a show I watch, whose character is compassionate but very impulsive and unpredictable to the point of being scary at times. But in the dream he was calm and rational – a sort of soothing presence. He kept us all feeling safe during the entire ordeal. Although he had drained the water out of the building, somehow the wave had been big enough that even the outside of the building was underwater. He announced that we were running out of oxygen, but not to panic. I'm amazed by how I had no fear in this situation. I could physically feel it becoming difficult to breathe but I still walked calmly and sat beside my parents, who were there. I remember thinking of a girl. I knew who it was at the time but now I can't remember. She was someone important to me and I remember thinking how she would never hear from me again, and would never hear something important I had to say to her, but I didn’t feel alarmed by this… It was more just a passing thought that was slightly unfortunate. Then I woke up.

The weird calm I felt during this dream make me kind of want to rule out what I generally would assume it meant (overwhelming emotion taking over). I'd love to hear what you all think. Any questions you have, I'll try to answer as honestly as possible. Thanks for reading!