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Very scary dream of drowning... Help!
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Last night I had the most scary dream. I was lying on my BF's chest and he had his arm around me, holding me very tightly. Suddenly, I was underwater. Still lying in bed and still in the same position with my BF, but somehow I was the only one under water. The strength of his grasp on me was holding me in place. I was trying so hard to let him know that he was holding me under the water, but he was asleep and wouldn't wake up. I tried to scream, but I couldn't breathe and no noise would come out. So I just flailed around, but he remained oblivious. I was panicking, and just as I realized I was about to die I woke up and still felt the heavy sensation in my chest. The dream it's self was scary, but the fact that it physically felt so real was far worse. During the dream, I kind of knew I was dreaming, but I couldn't wake up and it felt like the dream it's self was killing me. Weird I know. So when I woke up and fully realized it was a dream I started wondering if I was really having trouble breathing in my sleep and my brain was trying desperately to wake me up to prompt me to breathe. I'm getting nervous and shaky just thinking about it now, it was that scary. I know the dream could have a deeper emotional meaning since I am having some problems with my BF. He just doesn't seem to grasp the way he makes me feel sometimes and I feel so lost and don't know what to do about it. I could easily let it go at that if it wasn't for the very real physical feelings involved with the dream. Has anyone else had a similar experience? Any input would be greatly appreciated because I feel so uneasy, even dreading going to bed tonight : (
Posted on 08/19/12, 05:35 pm |
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Sounds like an anxiety provoking dream. Maybe it is really trying to help you to take a better position relative to your BF. Something about this relationship is causing you difficulty and now you are forced to face it and do something. I hope you can take it as a positive message. I hope this helps. We all have to face hard situations but feel better once we go through it. 
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Thanks for your input. I'm hoping that's all it is. The thing is, when I was married my husband would often tell me that I would "hold my breath" in my sleep (that's how he described it) and he would shake me to wake me up because it bothered him. It would irritate me to be woken up because I didn't realize anything was wrong and I just thought he was being silly. I kind of wonder now though if there might be more to it...
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But then again, that's probably just my anxiety over analyzing the situation as it always does : /
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If you're really worried about it, you could have a sleep study done.. if it doesn't seem like a big problem usually though it was probably just a really vivid dream (though does sound very symbolic and like it's trying to tell you something about the relationship). Are you on any medication? I'm on prozac and when i first started it i had really vivid dreams in general that really felt real, much more so then they usually did.
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No, I was on Celexa and ativan, then switched to xanax, for anxiety but I haven't been on those medications for quite some time. My anxiety got easier for me to control on my own, but it did still get pretty bad at times. It's at a peak today though, probably due to drinking a whole pot of coffee while cleaning house today UGH.
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A lot of what you went through is normal in a nightmare, but it may be even more then that. I use to have a nightmare that I was falling out of bed, and when I would wake up, I would be on the floor. Our brain does try to tell us that something is wrong. Is there a chance that you have sleep apnea and that is why you were fighting to breathe?. I had a partner that had sleep apnea and I had to keep pushing at him so he would wake up. It's nothing to fool around with so I hope you will go see your doctor this upcoming week, okay? Let us know what he says too.,
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