Terrifying!

[Stefan-A]

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I know I definitely need more sleep.

[KITKAT]

I have actually done some lucid dreaming... and it did start with my attempts to control a nightmare.

I used to dream that I was awake, but paralysed. I could not open my eyes, but I knew exactly what was in the room where I slept... I could hear the clock ticking, knew that I was on the sofa, etc.

I would dream that I was struggling to move and struggling to open my eyes. In my dream, I would get my eyes to flutter enough so that I could see parts of the room but I could not get the lids to stay up. I would try to roll off the sofa, expecting the fall to wake me, but I would either fail, or the fall would not wake me. I would try to call for help, but could not make a sound.

Once, I actually dreamed that I rolled off the sofa, rolled to the front door, and wedged it open with my body, hoping the neighbors would come render aid!

Of course when I finally woke, I had NOT rolled off the sofa, I had NOT seen the room (objects in the dream were in different places than those in waking life), and so forth.

All of these dreams were accompanied by feelings of terror.

Eventually, I taught myself to recognise that I was dreaming, and to relax and stop trying to wake. And this led to the ability to move on to some other dream, knowing that I was dreaming. And once I learned to move on, I would wake naturally at the end of that new dream, and everything was OK.

When I reached that stage, the nightmare stopped recurring. PHEW!

But I still have the occasional dream where I remember that I am dreaming, and I decide what ending I want on the dream. Weird!

[anji1971]

Actually, both my sister and my brother suffer from episodes of sleep paralysis, and it sounds like an awful sleep disorder to have.
I have apparently lucked out in that department, although I do have some pretty bizarre dreams, most of which I can't remember for more than a minute or two after I wake up.
However, last night I dreamed that my husband had taken a job out of the country, and left me and the kids behind!! I woke up literally sobbing, the poor man must have thought I'd lost my mind, 'cause I pretty much clung to him for the rest of the night.

[enigma200316]

Actually, both my sister and my brother suffer from episodes of sleep paralysis, and it sounds like an awful sleep disorder to have.
I have apparently lucked out in that department, although I do have some pretty bizarre dreams, most of which I can't remember for more than a minute or two after I wake up.
However, last night I dreamed that my husband had taken a job out of the country, and left me and the kids behind!! I woke up literally sobbing, the poor man must have thought I'd lost my mind, 'cause I pretty much clung to him for the rest of the night.

I'm sure he liked it..............

[adamanteus]

I use alcohol and fatigue to block the dreams I don't want to have. Works for me.

[anji1971]

I'm sure he liked it..............

Possibly, but I think there's a fine line between "snuggling" and "constricting", that I just may have crossed!!

[mycolorfulheart]

I dreamt once that my boyfriend (and my uncle, odd combination) were both dead, and in my dream i wondered, 'is this a dream? i hope so.' then i woke up IN MY DREAM and thought it wasn't a dream, and was devastated....until i finally woke up for real.

[Stefan-A]

Just over a week ago I had one of those dreams, where your teeth start falling out. This time it was slightly different, at least for me. I kept waking up in my dream, notice that I still had all my teeth, but then they would start falling out again. I think it was six or seven times that I lost my teeth in the dream, before I finally woke up for real.

I had an important exam the next day and a job interview the day after that. Nobody needs to tell me what that dream meant. But believe me, this was one of my less crazy dreams.

[EdgyExoticReptiles]

ive slept walk a couple times going down to eat once and brushing my teeth another time, i also had a dream and it was like a horror film and everyone was killing each other and one guy was chasing me and i jumped on my bed and in my dream he was reaching to choke me with his hand and i woke up to my freind doing exactly the same thing... of course he was joking but it was exactly what the dude was doing in my dream so natrually i jumped backwards fell off the bed and hit my head on a terraium.

[anji1971]

Just over a week ago I had one of those dreams, where your teeth start falling out. This time it was slightly different, at least for me. I kept waking up in my dream, notice that I still had all my teeth, but then they would start falling out again. I think it was six or seven times that I lost my teeth in the dream, before I finally woke up for real.

I had an important exam the next day and a job interview the day after that. Nobody needs to tell me what that dream meant. But believe me, this was one of my less crazy dreams.

Oh I just HATE those teeth falling out dreams!! It's got to be the most horrible feeling........always a relief to wake up from those.
Is it really stress and anxiety that trigger dental dreams?? I always wondered what they meant.