Just woke up from a dream where the “theme” was the loss or absence of limbs/appendages
First there was a cat with only one arm/paw who was struggling to get around and live a normal life, like couldn’t do so many different normal cat things or even basic necessities like eating, drinking, going to the bathroom. I remember it feeling really gory and disturbing - like not the kind of thing where it was like oh let’s just get him one of those animal prosthetics, but more hopeless. I don’t recall if it was my cat or a random cat or someone else’s cat and I don’t remember if he lost the other three arms in my dream or if he was already like that.
Then at some point after that, I dreamt that this little girl like someone in my partner’s family like a cousin or something (dream cousin, not anyone real) had some kind of mental disorder where she was literally biting her fingers off and kept having to go to the hospital to get them sewn back on. It was happening all the time and you could see the crazy scarring on her hands from this. The girl’s mom chose to make the decision to medically end her life because it was so bad and the little girl was suffering so much. Not to mention how traumatizing it was to her and the entire family. I remember people, like my partner’s friends, were visiting him when we were at the little girls home. Just stopping to give him a hug and cry with him then leave. In my dream they ended up choosing not to do it and to give it more time but then I woke up.
In real life: A friend of mine had a colleague with a severe brain tumor who made the decision, after many months of rapidly deteriorating, to end her life this past Monday. The day came, she chose not to do it, and to take it day by day. She ended up passing on Thursday, three days later. Not sure if it was naturally or not, I didn’t ask. So I’m sure the ending of the life part was related to this being on my mind - but what about the fingers and the limbs???????