I spend an evening in a forest and the next night I had a dream of squashing a tick with a frying pan. The next morning I noticed a tick in my leg, attached yet paralyzed, not having sucked any blood.

Did I encounter the same tick in my dream? What kind of mental activity could an insect (or arachnid or spider) possess? They're alive, but "how much?"

Post insights, stories etc.

(I burned the tick, Rip)