Nightmares. Do you ever have nightmares so real that they scare you, really scare you? The type that you cannot shake off, the type that you keep re-living even after you wake?
I am not prone to nightmares although I do have quite vivid dreams. However, Sunday night I seemed to have them all night long and last night........
I had got up to go to the loo which I usually have to do sometime in the night due to my Diabetes, then I got back into bed and fell back to sleep. I had a nightmare so bad that I cannot even bring myself to tell you what it was about. I do not want to put it on cyber paper and give it even more life. Let me just say that it was about me and my health and that Mike featured in it together with medical people. It was not like a dream or nightmare at all, it was as if it was real, like it was actually happening, unfolding frame by frame in front of my eyes. I can find no reason for it. It was not triggered by anything I had heard or read, nothing I had seen on t.v. nothing that had been discussed. It just happened and this is the second night running.
So today, I am very worried and very upset. There are many people who say dreams are prophetic and show things that will happen. I have had dreams in the past myself that were prophetic so this worries me even more. On the other hand, my Mother always used to say "reverse your dreams". She believed that dreams were only worries or troubles that we had in day to day life manifesting themselves and our brains trying to sort things out. I have usually tried to follow her advice.
However, I woke shaking and sweating and literally sobbing, the tears streaming down my face. Much worse I woke up frightened. No, not frightened - scared, really scared.
Now I do not know which side of the fence to come down on because I just cannot shake this dream off. I keep thinking about it, it keeps coming back to haunt me even though the day is bright.
Do I just hope it will fade as the day passes, do I just put it down to some passing trick of the mind or do I take it seriously? Do I accept, as my Mother did that dreams actually mean nothing and are just the workings of a tired or overworked brain or do I take it as prophetic because if it is prophetic........then I am in big trouble! Trouble of the worst kind. So, if you have had this sort of experience, was the dream right or wrong?
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P.S. When I re-arranged my journal and put sites and journals in their proper places, I must have done something wrong because I have "lost" two journals I can no longer access and I have failed to find them under search. Can anybody help with links please for:-
My Day And Thoughts
and
In The Mirrors Of My Mind.
14 comments:
The only dream that I've ever had, that has stuck with me, and that I've had time and time again, has been about my Mother. On a white horse galloping away from me. This was after she left us, so not prophetic. I know how powerful and real dreams can seem, but I would follow your Mum's advice. I had three dreams about fish last month, what does that mean?!
Sara x
When you dream about something, it does not mean that the events in the dream will come true. My Grandmother is a good reader of dreams, she told me that if you dreamed of something like death that it did not mean that you are going to die in most cases. She told me that things like death in a dream meant that something in your life was coming to an end, like maybe a relationship, friendship, or a particular situation that has been bothering you. She also said that to dream of sickness at times meant that a particular situation was slowly dying away. Now unless you are having phychic dreams, she said that to dream of death and sickness is not always a sign of things to come.
~in the comment below to dream of fish is a sign that you may be pregnant or someone close to you is or will be pregnant soon. It also means the birth of something new.
Dont let it worry you Jeannette, I am sure things will be alright. God Bless You My Dear Friend
Jeannette, if my dreams were prophetic, then I'd be gaga by now. I think sometimes, we just don't see the triggers, we've absorbed them subliminally. And with repeated dreams, I think the trigger may well be the lasting image of the previous dream triggering it off again. I'm no expert, but I tend not to worry. Some of them would make great stories if I could remember them.
Aha!! You know, hubby and I had long chats yesterday. One of the things we discussed was actually having another child!!!!! Dreams of fishes, well you never know!!
Sara x
My expereince has been that either the dream was just all mixed up feelings and emotions that come out in a weird way, or I have dreamed the exact opposite of what really happened (every pregnancy I dreamed the opposite sex of my child-I dreamed my daughter was a boy and all my boys were girls!). Dreams can be very scary! I hope you can overcome the terror of your dream and have a good day! I have written several entries about my weird dreams. Maybe I can find some of the entries and send you the links...I promise, you will laugh! Take care! JAE
Jeannette, I actually study my dreams to a certain degree. I have some dream books. Dreams are hardly ever prophetic and almost never mean what is going on. They are symbolic. Say, if you dream of death, that is almost never bad. You are lying to rest something in your life and something else is coming new. You have been through alot this week. Perhaps with the poetry and the emotions that you brought out, your spirit inside you made some decisions and it came out in symbolism in your dreams. A health problem in a dream is hardly ever a real health problem unless it has been bothering you for awhile. Take care, hon, You can also decide what you want to do with your life. I believe what your Mama said, "You can turn anything around, anyway." Hang in there! Valxox
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Dreams and nightmares can look so realistic that on waking you do tend to wonder if they were real. Events and thoughts of the day seem to be the culprit, even small nonsense thoughts that you've given no time at all to and they end up being a story in a dream. Everything will be ok, they're scary because were not sure what they mean........and often they mean nothing like what we dreamed of. Don't worry or try not to, I know it's easier said than done. xxR.
Hi Jeannette..I finally am back to read more..thanks for your kind comments in my journal. Oh, I did add a part two to the story..too many people were not happy without an ending. I almost never remember my dreams..it's strange..hubby says I fall asleep as soon as I hit the pillow...I'd like to know why I can't remember dreams....I hope your dreams are more peaceful...Sandi..http://journals.aol.com/sdoscher458/LifeIsFullOfSurprises
Some medications can cause nightmares. Is that a possibility? I don't tend to have nightmares when I'm asleep but I have images I cant erase from my head when I'm awake. Hope you have a peaceful rest.
YOU MY DEAR MAY HAVE BEEN CLOSE TO A DIABETIC COMA,,, I SAY THIS BECAUSE MY HUSBAND HAD DEEP SLEEP NIGHTMARES AND MY BROTHER ROBERT,,, BE VERY CAREFUL WITH YOUR MEDS AND FOOD,,, A TRICK I HAVE WHEN I HAVE A NIGHTMARE OR EVEN DURING DAY TIME WHEN A BAD THOUGHT COMES INTO MY MIND,,, I SHAKE MY HEAD AND THINK OF SOMETHING DIFFERENT,,, I WON'T GO BACK TO THE SITUATION,,, MY BROTHER SAYS I HAVE A GIFT,,, I DON'T THINK SO,,, I JUST WON'T GO BACK TO A SITUATION AS I SAID,,, HOPE IT WORKS FOR YOU,,, HAVE A GOOD DAY MY FRIEND,,, Marie,
Some medication can cause nightmares, and as someone else said, when your sugar is REALLY high, that can cause nightmares too. A prophetic dream generally happens linearly, and is in color, not black and white. If you have the same or similar dreams more than once, that could very well be your spirit guide showing you a possible path. It can be changed, though.....forewarned is forearmed.
I have read that dreams are our subconscious getting rid of a lot of extra stuff. I don't think they are prophetic, though. Lord knows, I've had some that have caused me a great deal of worry, but thankfully have never come true. Of course, that also means the really good dreams that we wish would come true, won't. I hope that you have managed to put this particular awful dream out of your mind, and right now you are resting peacefully. Take care.
Susan
I am a little late reading this, but I strongly agree with those who believe dreams are symbolic of situations in our lives, not prophetic. They may be sent to warn us to look at situations in our lives, but not as somesort of pre-punishment around what will happen in our lives. Nevertheless, they CAN seem very real. Blessings, Margo
Freud said our dreams were about our wishes and our fears. Obviously this dream was about a fear of yours. Usually by talking or writing about our fears we can give them less power. Sorry to hear that you had such a horrible dream.
By the way, I love how the British say "loo". To these American ears it is such a cute expression.
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