A Cuban resident in Brazil shared a nightmare on TikTok that, for much of the video, she recounts as if it were actually happening: she had traveled to Cuba to visit her family and, when trying to return to her country of residence, she was supposedly prevented from boarding the plane.
The woman, identified as Dayi on TikTok, crafts the story with such detail that only at the end does she reveal it was all a dream, expressing her immense relief upon waking up.
In the nightmare, Dayi recounts that he had traveled to the island to visit his loved ones, and the trouble began when he arrived at the airport to return to Brazil. "They told us that we couldn't travel because we were missing an official document," he says.
The situation becomes even more distressing when he asserts that he also had no resources to seek another alternative. "We have no money to undertake another journey," he says as he describes the desperation of not knowing how to leave Cuba with his family.
The account also includes a description of the hardships they would face during that supposed forced stay on the island: "The blackouts are horrible, there's no water, prices are through the roof, everything is in flames."
She also shares that the lack of gas forced her to cook with charcoal and makes a plea for help: "Please, if anyone has any information and can tell me how we can return, because I really don’t know anymore."
However, the twist comes at the end of the video. Dayi reveals that none of that had actually happened: it was just a nightmare.
After waking up and realizing she was not trapped in Cuba, the Cuban woman expressed the immense relief she felt: "I have never felt such happiness in waking up and knowing it was just a nightmare."
The revelation completely changes the meaning of the video: what initially appears to be a denunciation of a migration barrier turns into a tale of a nightmare where the possibility of being trapped on the island, amidst blackouts, shortages, and economic difficulties, becomes the center of anguish. This is a recurring fear among many Cubans who have emigrated and return to visit their country: that some obstacle will prevent them from leaving Cuba again and returning to the place where they have rebuilt their lives.
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