Laikipia police officer injures self from bad dream

The officer is attached to Nanyuki Police Station. [File, Standard]

A police officer in Laikipia County injured himself from what reports say was a bad dream.

According to a police report, Harrison Karagu attached to Nanyuki Police Station in Laikipia went to sleep normally when reportedly had a bad dream at around 10pm that led him to jump through the window of his house, unmindful of where he would land.

“Karagu is believed to have dreamt and jumped through the window,” read the police statement.

As a consequence, the officer injured his arms and legs and was rushed to a nearby hospital.

“He sustained deep cuts on his both arms and legs. He was immediately rushed to Nanyuki Referral Hospital where he is undergoing treatment.”

What could have scared the police officer to that extent?

A renowned scholar Sigmund Freud who was an Austrian neurologist and the founder of psychoanalysis termed dreams as “manifestations of one's deepest desires and anxieties, often relating to repressed childhood memories or obsessions.”

Based on Freud’s explanation the officer needs help.