A Cuban resident in Brazil shared on TikTok a nightmare that, for much of the video, she narrates as if it were happening in real time: she had traveled to Cuba to visit her family and, when she tried to return to her country of residence, she was supposedly prevented from boarding the plane.
The woman, identified as Dayi on TikTok, builds the narrative with such a level of 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 that the problem began when he arrived at the airport to return to Brazil. "They told us no, that we couldn't travel because we were missing an official document," he explains.
The situation becomes even more distressing when she asserts that she also lacked the resources to seek another alternative. "We don't have money to make the journey again," she says as she describes the desperation of not knowing how to leave Cuba with her family.
The account also includes a description of the hardships that he 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 on fire."
She also mentions 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 truly 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 that she was not trapped in Cuba, the Cuban woman expressed the immense relief she felt: "I haven't experienced such happiness in waking up and knowing that it was just a nightmare."
The revelation completely changes the meaning of the video: what initially seems to be a complaint about a migration obstacle turns into the story of a nightmare in which the possibility of being trapped on the island, amidst blackouts, shortages, and economic hardships, becomes the focus of anxiety. 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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