Lately I have been having these terrible dreams. The first night I had a dream that me and my basketball coach were at a hotel (don't get that twisted). Anyways we were talking and telling each other secrets when this guy came in and tried to beat us both up. He was trying to get the guy off, but the bad guy just kept beating me up.
The second night I had a dream that me and my family were hanging out when a gun man came and just randomly started shooting us all. I remember guarding myself with plates and things.
The third night my dream was at my cousins house at her arena. This man came down there and were making the horses beat me up. Then he started to chase me. He chased me up to my cousins house where my mom was in the window, but she wasn't paying attention to the outside of the house. The guy kept beating me up. He would squeeze me till I couldn't breathe. I remember hearing my ribs crushing. I woke up this morning and was actually sore around my ribs.
Well these dreams are extremly violent and I'm losing sleep. Is there something I could do to stop having these awful dreams?
Also these dreams started a week ago but these are the only ones that I actually recorded on paper so I would remember them.
[ Answer this question ] Want to answer more questions in the Miscellaneous category? Maybe give some free advice about: Spirituality? Jeanne answered Sunday January 27 2008, 2:43 am: Our minds are full of so many thoughts and ideas and feelings. Some of those things we think about when we're awake, and we're able to deal with them and make sense of them. But some things get pushed to the back of our minds; because we don't have the time, or the desire, to really think deeply about them. But they're still there, deep in our subconcious, and our mind needs to deal with them. Dreams are a way of letting us explore those thoughts and feelings that we haven't conciously dealt with when we're awake.
For whatever reason, it looks like you have a fear of being beat up or attacked. And whether you've thought about that concisously or not, your mind is saying, "You need to get a grip on this fear." So you dream about it... and that gives you a chance to experience it, sort of like a dress-rehearsal. Your mind simulates what would happen if you DID get attacked, so you'll know how you'd react and what you'd do. It's sort of like practice for your brain!
It's not much fun having bad dreams, but it's actually good for you and completely normal. I could always tell what I was the most afraid of, because I'd keep dreaming about it. When I was really little, I'd dream about skeletons hiding in my closet or under my bed (haha). Then it was dreams about being kidnapped. Later on, it was wars and enemies invading our country. The funny thing is, I don't remember ever thinking about those things much while I was awake, but obviously they were there in the back of my mind!
Brysonator1 answered Saturday January 26 2008, 5:14 pm: wow. honest truth man's answer is um a little, um i dont know its just a lot. Lol.
but um moving on to your advice.
i'd say you might be stressed about some things and that its taking over your mind. usually your dreams have to do with whats been going on in your life. your dream is like a "hidden" type coding for the
stress or things going on in your mind.
teardrops7 answered Saturday January 26 2008, 4:06 pm: Well they could mean something, like you need to watch your back or just take things carefully. Or it could also mean that you have a brilliant imagination. Maybe you are worried about something? I dont know your religion or anything like that, but im christian and i pray to God for things like that (good dreams and protection). And everytime i do in my dreams if something goes wrong, they are always put back on track. also you could try dreamcatchers, i dont know why but they seem to work.
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