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Every one seems to post about vivid dreams from time to time
I can't stop having bizarre dreams though.
Last night I had a weird murder soap opera type dream. I thought you were suppose to be the star of your dreams but I often have dreams that are like TV shows (strange since I rarely watch TV. Some times I do watch movies but not as of late.)
Last night I was having a dream that followed men who were bat shit crazy and killing people for various reasons. It would flip back and forth following their stories until their demise. Also I would like to comment about the myth that if you die in your dream you die in real life because your brain thinks it's real. Not true I die in my dreams all the time.
I'd like to also know how I can think I'm a man in a dream when I am a woman and have always been a woman.
Any how one thing sticks in my mind about this dream. One of these men accidentally killed his daughter by messing around with ethanol alcohol. She found some matches and blew up his lab. Later he came home and his son was asking why you shouldn't play with matches. Him being grief stricken replied to his son by taking out a canister that was on fire on the inside. He says "this is why" and then he opens the canister and blows them up. I remember being in the son's shoes and feeling the fire sear my lungs and then burning me alive from the outside in while suffocating. that was quite scary but it didn't wake me.
Then the story reverts back to this other sicko. But I wont get into the details of his sick little story.
Why the heck would I have a dream like this? I live an other wise peaceful life so why?
I can't stop having bizarre dreams though.
Last night I had a weird murder soap opera type dream. I thought you were suppose to be the star of your dreams but I often have dreams that are like TV shows (strange since I rarely watch TV. Some times I do watch movies but not as of late.)
Last night I was having a dream that followed men who were bat shit crazy and killing people for various reasons. It would flip back and forth following their stories until their demise. Also I would like to comment about the myth that if you die in your dream you die in real life because your brain thinks it's real. Not true I die in my dreams all the time.
I'd like to also know how I can think I'm a man in a dream when I am a woman and have always been a woman.
Any how one thing sticks in my mind about this dream. One of these men accidentally killed his daughter by messing around with ethanol alcohol. She found some matches and blew up his lab. Later he came home and his son was asking why you shouldn't play with matches. Him being grief stricken replied to his son by taking out a canister that was on fire on the inside. He says "this is why" and then he opens the canister and blows them up. I remember being in the son's shoes and feeling the fire sear my lungs and then burning me alive from the outside in while suffocating. that was quite scary but it didn't wake me.
Then the story reverts back to this other sicko. But I wont get into the details of his sick little story.
Why the heck would I have a dream like this? I live an other wise peaceful life so why?
I'd just like to know why it is so much more creative in my sleep than while I'm awake.
And why you dream about stuff that never happened or isn't related to your life in any way. I read that dreams are created by your mind deleting memories you don't need any more or repairing neuron pathways. I'd believe that except I know that these are not memories of mine! So where did they come from then?
maybe your dreams are your creativity...??
Some of the worse nightmares I ever remember were after doing with out ambien like last night. :(
I just worry that my brain is showing me something deep and dark from inside of me.
I time travel, I meet lots of famous people, visit with relatives who are no longer among the land of the living, I've only been Bipolar once in my dreams, visuals are greatly enhanced, and I get to feel as though I've truly experienced things that I never have!!!!
I think I always star in my dreams (or a least have a bit part), but my lover often dreams wonderful, intricate scenarios that don't involve him at all!!
Even bad dreams are great!!! I recently had a dream that my son was a toddler again and he was brutally murdered right before my eyes and I was carrying his bloodied corpse all through the dream and the shock and horror and sorrow I felt was just about what I imagine I'd feel if it happened in 'real life'
It was horrible but I certainly can't complain about its being boring!!!!
I wish you could record dreams!!!!
Yeah, you're having some doozies, all right!!!! I'm sorry for that and sorry that you find them very unsettling!!!
POSSIBLE TRIGGER!! READ NO FURTHER!!!!
Had you heard that recent news story about the father who most likely murdered his wife a couple years back and though he was never charged, he WAS only allowed supervised visits with his two sons?
The last time the social worker brought the boys to see him, he slammed the door in her face after letting the boys inside, she smelled gasoline and then the house blew up, killing all three of them. Maybe your dream 'borrowed' from that.