elderly panic attack
I dreamed I was in Charlottetown, PEI, on the main street that runs down towards the park with the statue.
There was this old man in a wheelchair. In the dream he seemed to be well known to the locals. He was always cruising around downtown wearing a hard hat and a huge pair of headphones.
I came out on the sidewalk and he was looking all around my car. He parked his wheelchair right behind the car. He seemed to be peering down at my license plate and writing down a bunch of stuff in a little coil notebook on his lap.
I wasn't sure if he could hear me with the headphones on. I said loudly, "What are you doing?"
He jumped as if I'd scared the shit out of him. He didn't speak, but he started hyperventilating and freaking out. I got the sense that my words had triggered some kind of panic attack.
I had no idea what to do. I didn't want to say anything because I was afraid that if I spoke, I would only make things worse.
Finally he started gesturing and pointing down the street. I grabbed the handles of the wheelchair and started pushing him quickly in the direction he indicated. All the while he was shaking and gasping for breath.
I was thinking, "What am I gonna do for this guy? Where the hell is he taking us...?"
I wish I could remember how this dream ended. All I can remember after that is a part where a bunch of people were riding snowboards.