I’m back with another poking rib dream!

I’ve been practicing lucid dreaming each night with the help of sleep hypnosis videos on YouTube for lucid dreaming. I’ve always been a vivid dreamer and suffered from nightmares due to the PTSD in the past (it’s resolved now through therapy)

However last night I dreamt I was on an airplane and my partner (same one mentioned in previous post, but we don’t live together anymore so he’s not in the bed anymore) was sitting to my right, I was laying my head on someone to the left. The rib area under the armpit where a bra is - felt really ticklish and sensitive, and my partner was pressing HARD with a flat palm and fingers, with his 4 fingers poking really hard.

Anytime I moved in the dream he’d just press harder. I’d try play dead and tell him it was hurting, or peel away his hand but it was like a control thing and felt like pure torture. It went on forever and hurt so bad.

I woke up in a panic. I was lying on my left side with my right ribs facing up like in the dream. The only thing I could think was that I was wearing a soft material bra that’s elasticated - I usually wear very little and loose fitting clothing - and could’ve felt the tightness there. But the area that was being poked in the dream... is still sensitive and pulsating right now.

I’m still struggling to find clarity on the symbolism of specifically being poked in the ribs in dreams like torture!!

This dream has even affected me having a serious panic attack at work last year when a very immature male manager at a restaurant came up behind me and poked me in the ribs right where I dreamt and gave me a huge fright and then panic attack.