An Anxiety Dream? Again?

"The Undertoad." Pastels on paper.

I had an anxiety dream last night. I haven't had one in over two years. I wonder. I wonder if there have been any studies that correlate a lapse in anxiety/dark thoughts/nightmares with a brain bleed. Because I can't help but notice that my brain, in terms of anxiety/depression, is better, notably in the two years since I've had the stroke. I wouldn't recommend it, as far as improving the symptoms of mental illness. Now I have a whole new set of problems.

But I think last night's anxiety dream...a nightmare, if I'm honest...shows that the anxiety is always right there, under the surface, always waiting. Like the Under Toad in The World According to Garp. I suppose it will always be there.🛌