Occassionally I have horrible, horrible dreams, I relate them to stress and things happening around me. Around the time my mom was ill, I would dream of my self being ill in awful ways. I've had random dreams of bad things happening to my kids,friends,pets ect..

The other night I had a dream that there was a man with long greasy hair and baggy clothes standing right next to my bed, he was holding something square and ominous over his head. I don't know what it was he was holding but I was petrified. I could have sworn I opened my eyes and seen him. I rolled to the other side of my bed and jumped up and flicked the light on...and nothing was there. It seemed so real (even though noone could possibly fit in the space he was standing) all day that dream bothered me. Anyone else go through this??

It's stress. I used to have wildly fantastic dream's. Then, the onset of panic attack's began. This all stopped when I left my bf of 13 year's. I kind of miss the dream's though, some were terribly frightening.

I have had dreams like that all the time...I hear people in my dreams too and it seems so real...The doctors think I am schizophrenic now

Dreaming that you are dreaming, or dreaming that you wake up- many people dream that they awake from a dream, then fall back into the dream again, without ever actually waking up. People often report dreaming that they say or think,"That was just a dream!" This common occurrence represents the many levels of reality and understanding we experience as humans. If you dream that you are dreaming, or dream that you wake up, your subconscious mind is exploring the possibilities of awareness and testing the boundaries of reality. This is an especially creative time for you right now, but you also risk fooling yourself about what's real and what's not real in your waking life.

This is out of my dream dictionary. Hope it helps. You can also look things up online at dream dictionary, or dream interpretation. Maybe the more you depict your dream the less emotions it will stir.

Yeah, Stress thats what I thought. Seems mine stopped for awhile and now started again ,things are changing drastically at work, I've had about 4 birthdays in a row, and I've had a bad cold!

I have'nt seen a Dr. over it (yet) but sometimes I think I'm going nuts!

Yeah Ty.... maybe I'll check it out. Sometimes the dreams are so vivid or real they bother me for days. Sometimes I get too nervous to go to sleep and I'm up and down all night. Think it's like a sleep disorder at times.

google "night terrors"

Dreams are your minds way of trying to figure out things that are going on in your life. Someone standing over you holding something in a threatening manner could be a sign of things not going quite right at work, financially, or in some other aspect of your life and feeling helpless to do anything about it.

Night terrors are a common side effect of some prescribed medications or the way severral interact. Medications, use of over the counter medications, herbs,& suppliments in particularly energy drinks and sleep medications.

Young minds are very suggestable maybe you want to clean up what you watch, read, play, and listen to. Violent scenes stress the mind and dreams are one way we unload such unpleasant thoughts.

They can be associated with allergy; such as allergies to mold, mites, and other foods, and caffinated drinks or certain food colors.

They can be caused by poisoning from cleaners, solvents, lead paint or jewlery, CO2 fumes, mercury poisoning, paint fumes, tainted pot, spoiled food, or chewing on non-food items, use of spoiled cosmetics, or use of certain imported dishes and silverware. .

They are extreamly common is persons who are chronically sleep deprived. Shift workers, POWs, single parents, computer addicts.

They are also symptomatic of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder.

Some night terrors can be symptomatic of head injury, heart problems, or even some std's.

The good news is most are very treatable and sometimes just pass. Many of our dramatic dreams we are completely unaware of becuase they occur when we are in deep sleep. Perhaps just going to bed earlier after a comfortable bedding down routine will improve your peace. If it lasts more than two weeks see your doctor.

Good luck at finding your cause. I was given and represcribed a medication for ten years and did not know it was counter indicated until a senior pharmacist reviewed my medications. Once corrected I felt a worlds difference to the positive.

Ty! Lotsa meanings and advice on these websites but, nothing really on how to stop them.

I've had dreams like that off and on for YEARS! The only thing I've found that stops them are to practice meditation and relaxation techniques and/or trazodone. When the dreams go on for a while and I'm not sleeping, I'll take a trazodone for a couple of nights, it keeps me from dreaming and I catch up on sleep. When you're not sleeping, it puts even more stress on your mind and body, it's a neverending circle sometimes.

Not that I'm advocating drugs, mind you. I have depression issues occasionally so the trazodone is warranted for those reasons as well. But, usually meditation helps keep my mind clear and helps me focus on the causes of the stress and possible solutions to whatever problems I'm having. It's just when that doesn't work that I resort to meds for a few days.

I don't remember any dreams when I wake up
In general I am forgetful

However once many moons ago I had a dream my knee had split open and snakes were coming out of it. (No No No I did not smoke or indulge)

another time I woke up and it felt someone was sitting on my chest but no one was there I tried to sit up but I was pinned down
While I paniced a bit I thought to go back to sleep because whatever it is will get fed up and it will go
In the morning all was fine

I had a similar experience. A couple weeks ago, I dreamed that there were giant wasps crawling around in my covers. As I jumped out of bed in a half waking state, I knew that I was residing in Tokyo and that the wasps had to be gathered unharmed and returned to the Queen of England.

I turned on the light and madly searched through my covers for several minutes before realizing it was a dream...

there was a time whan I was younger,

I had a floor to ceiling mirror leaning against the wall in my bedroom. One night I dreamed that there was a monster or demon or something really really evil standing over my bed reaching for me

and then I forced myself to wake up and I SWEAR I saw some kind of a shadow dive into the mirror and the surface of the glass rippled like water for about a minute as I watched it. and I WAS definitley awake cause of all the adrenaline

to this day I will not allow a mirror in my bedroom and wont sleep in a room with a mirror

Sadly the two fields of health management medical and mental health often do not want to work together. Sleep deprivation is a common contributor to dreams and mislabled mental health issues. However that said if a person feels like something is not right in their reasoning is often the first symptom that are noted with various forms of mental illness. Hopefully such early symptoms will be diagnosed and treated by well qualified professionals and not some poorly qualified clinician with minimal experience and three levels of beauracracy to get the most current and not necessarily the cheapest medications prescribed.

Hmm..I've had horrific dreams before but none like the kind you have described. Are you under a lot of stress? What ways are you coping to manage your stress? Have you talked to a therapist or someone that can help you?

Not having mirrors in the bedroom sounds like a good idea, especially given what you described. I believe it 100%. There are some things that are out there in the night.

I haven't found or heard of any way to be sure of getting rid of them, but at times that I've been plagued by dreams like this, it helps me to extend my going-to-sleep routine. I add cheerful music, watch videos or movies I enjoy, do things that get my mind more focused on things that are going okay, over the ones that are not.


Sometimes changing the direction your bed faces can disrupt them, too. If you awaken from one, and you fear it will come back again when you go to sleep, try reversing which end of the bed you lay your head. Another simple thing is to leave a light on, as you might have when you were a child.

Ultimately, only solving the stress will completely eliminate them, but little tricks like this can give you a bit of relief.

Meditation can help!