Stressful dreams (1 Viewer)

[TheIronSheik]

I guess I'm lucky in the sense that I could probably count on one hand the amount of times I've had a scary nightmare in my life. It seems that instead of nightmares, I tend to get stressful dreams. They are usually very vivid, seem incredibly real, and when I wake up, I don't feel rested at all.

Last night I had a doozy of one. For some reason I couldn't fall asleep. I went to bed at 10 but as midnight approached, I found myself still listening to Friends on in the background. Once midnight hits, I know I'm in for a long day the next day. So I'm sure this all played into what was coming.

The dream began for me in a city that wasn't mine. My GF and daughter called me and told me to hurry up and come home because they missed me. I was in a bar and there was a loudmouth behind me that wouldn't stop bothering everyone. I turned around and told him to be quiet. He stood up slowly and made his way over to me. Before he could say anything, I started beating the hell out of him.

It was weird because usually in my dreams, I have a tough time fighting, running or doing anything with quickness. But not this time. I beat the dude to death. That's when someone told me that I just killed the leader of the large gang that ruled the city and I better run. I ran outside and heard police sirens.

All I could think of was that I was going to go to jail for the rest of my life for murder. I had to get to the airport to get home. The rest of the dream consisted of me walking around slums, just barely avoiding both the police and gang members out looking for revenge.

When I woke up, I was in a pool of my own sweat. It was pretty disgusting.

So, I guess I got about 5 to 6 hours sleep, but it feels more like about an hour. Because I am dead tired today.

Anyone else ever have stressful dreams like this? I'd say, on average, I probably have 1 of these every two or three months. Maybe less. And sometimes they are mild. And sometimes they are very bad. Last night's was one of the worst I've had in a long time.

I'm ready for a nap.

 

[johnnycakes]

I never remember my dreams. Evah.

 

[TheIronSheik]

I never remember my dreams. Evah.

I pretty much always remember my dreams. In great detail.

 

[johnnycakes]

"Lose your dreams
And you will lose your mind."

 

[KCitons]

Warriors..........Come Out and Plaaaaaay !!!!!!

 

[TheIronSheik]

Warriors..........Come Out and Plaaaaaay !!!!!!

Funny you say that. This is exactly how it felt. When I woke up, this was how I described it to my GF.

 

[Bourbon Cowboy]

At least you didn't wake up in a pool of someone else's sweat. That would have been really disgusting!

 

[Henry Ford]

I guess I'm lucky in the sense that I could probably count on one hand the amount of times I've had a scary nightmare in my life. It seems that instead of nightmares, I tend to get stressful dreams. They are usually very vivid, seem incredibly real, and when I wake up, I don't feel rested at all.

Last night I had a doozy of one. For some reason I couldn't fall asleep. I went to bed at 10 but as midnight approached, I found myself still listening to Friends on in the background. Once midnight hits, I know I'm in for a long day the next day. So I'm sure this all played into what was coming.

The dream began for me in a city that wasn't mine. My GF and daughter called me and told me to hurry up and come home because they missed me. I was in a bar and there was a loudmouth behind me that wouldn't stop bothering everyone. I turned around and told him to be quiet. He stood up slowly and made his way over to me. Before he could say anything, I started beating the hell out of him.

It was weird because usually in my dreams, I have a tough time fighting, running or doing anything with quickness. But not this time. I beat the dude to death. That's when someone told me that I just killed the leader of the large gang that ruled the city and I better run. I ran outside and heard police sirens.

All I could think of was that I was going to go to jail for the rest of my life for murder. I had to get to the airport to get home. The rest of the dream consisted of me walking around slums, just barely avoiding both the police and gang members out looking for revenge.

When I woke up, I was in a pool of my own sweat. It was pretty disgusting.

So, I guess I got about 5 to 6 hours sleep, but it feels more like about an hour. Because I am dead tired today.

Anyone else ever have stressful dreams like this? I'd say, on average, I probably have 1 of these every two or three months. Maybe less. And sometimes they are mild. And sometimes they are very bad. Last night's was one of the worst I've had in a long time.

I'm ready for a nap.

Yep. Have them all the time, too. At least once a month.

 

[TheIronSheik]

I guess I'm lucky in the sense that I could probably count on one hand the amount of times I've had a scary nightmare in my life. It seems that instead of nightmares, I tend to get stressful dreams. They are usually very vivid, seem incredibly real, and when I wake up, I don't feel rested at all.

Last night I had a doozy of one. For some reason I couldn't fall asleep. I went to bed at 10 but as midnight approached, I found myself still listening to Friends on in the background. Once midnight hits, I know I'm in for a long day the next day. So I'm sure this all played into what was coming.

The dream began for me in a city that wasn't mine. My GF and daughter called me and told me to hurry up and come home because they missed me. I was in a bar and there was a loudmouth behind me that wouldn't stop bothering everyone. I turned around and told him to be quiet. He stood up slowly and made his way over to me. Before he could say anything, I started beating the hell out of him.

It was weird because usually in my dreams, I have a tough time fighting, running or doing anything with quickness. But not this time. I beat the dude to death. That's when someone told me that I just killed the leader of the large gang that ruled the city and I better run. I ran outside and heard police sirens.

All I could think of was that I was going to go to jail for the rest of my life for murder. I had to get to the airport to get home. The rest of the dream consisted of me walking around slums, just barely avoiding both the police and gang members out looking for revenge.

When I woke up, I was in a pool of my own sweat. It was pretty disgusting.

So, I guess I got about 5 to 6 hours sleep, but it feels more like about an hour. Because I am dead tired today.

Anyone else ever have stressful dreams like this? I'd say, on average, I probably have 1 of these every two or three months. Maybe less. And sometimes they are mild. And sometimes they are very bad. Last night's was one of the worst I've had in a long time.

I'm ready for a nap.

Yep. Have them all the time, too. At least once a month.

OK. So I can rule out "In favor of the name 'Redskins'" as the cause.

 

[rockaction]

This could be an underlying anxiety problem. When I had -- in my mid-twenties -- a lot of stress, a lot of anxiety, I would constantly dream about being shot. I remember one to this day. 15th and Rhode Island in D.C., running away from a man with a gun. Got shot three or four times. Years later, I was talking to someone about this and how during that time I would always have the feeling of a constricted throat and they told me that I had an undiagnosed anxiety problem. Changed my life for the better to at least understand it. Maybe talk to someone? Or maybe just a stressful night that we've all had.

 

[Henry Ford]

I guess I'm lucky in the sense that I could probably count on one hand the amount of times I've had a scary nightmare in my life. It seems that instead of nightmares, I tend to get stressful dreams. They are usually very vivid, seem incredibly real, and when I wake up, I don't feel rested at all.

Last night I had a doozy of one. For some reason I couldn't fall asleep. I went to bed at 10 but as midnight approached, I found myself still listening to Friends on in the background. Once midnight hits, I know I'm in for a long day the next day. So I'm sure this all played into what was coming.

The dream began for me in a city that wasn't mine. My GF and daughter called me and told me to hurry up and come home because they missed me. I was in a bar and there was a loudmouth behind me that wouldn't stop bothering everyone. I turned around and told him to be quiet. He stood up slowly and made his way over to me. Before he could say anything, I started beating the hell out of him.

It was weird because usually in my dreams, I have a tough time fighting, running or doing anything with quickness. But not this time. I beat the dude to death. That's when someone told me that I just killed the leader of the large gang that ruled the city and I better run. I ran outside and heard police sirens.

All I could think of was that I was going to go to jail for the rest of my life for murder. I had to get to the airport to get home. The rest of the dream consisted of me walking around slums, just barely avoiding both the police and gang members out looking for revenge.

When I woke up, I was in a pool of my own sweat. It was pretty disgusting.

So, I guess I got about 5 to 6 hours sleep, but it feels more like about an hour. Because I am dead tired today.

Anyone else ever have stressful dreams like this? I'd say, on average, I probably have 1 of these every two or three months. Maybe less. And sometimes they are mild. And sometimes they are very bad. Last night's was one of the worst I've had in a long time.

I'm ready for a nap.

Yep. Have them all the time, too. At least once a month.

OK. So I can rule out "In favor of the name 'Redskins'" as the cause.

Used to have them even more often, until I got a bunch of life insurance.

 

[Henry Ford]

This could be an underlying anxiety problem. When I had -- in my mid-twenties -- a lot of stress, a lot of anxiety, I would constantly dream about being shot. I remember one to this day. 15th and Rhode Island in D.C., running away from a man with a gun. Got shot three or four times. Years later, I was talking to someone about this and how during that time I would always have the feeling of a constricted throat and they told me that I had an undiagnosed anxiety problem. Changed my life for the better to at least understand it. Maybe talk to someone? Or maybe just a stressful night that we've all had.

This.

 

[lod01]

I tend to get these stressful ones where I can't hit a layup in basketball although my last basketball dream, I was a dunking nightmare for the opposing team. I was un####ingstoppable. That was pretty cool.

 

[Parrothead]

I had one where my dream was a day of work.. so end of dream workday, I wake up and have to start real workday <_< that one sucked

 

[gianmarco]

I also rarely remember my dreams. I have woken up in a panic before, frozen and unable to move, but that's only happened 2 or 3 times and happened 15+ yrs ago.

 

[TheIronSheik]

This could be an underlying anxiety problem. When I had -- in my mid-twenties -- a lot of stress, a lot of anxiety, I would constantly dream about being shot. I remember one to this day. 15th and Rhode Island in D.C., running away from a man with a gun. Got shot three or four times. Years later, I was talking to someone about this and how during that time I would always have the feeling of a constricted throat and they told me that I had an undiagnosed anxiety problem. Changed my life for the better to at least understand it. Maybe talk to someone? Or maybe just a stressful night that we've all had.

This.

Yeah, I don't really have that much stress going on in my life right now. I'm not stress free, but I'm definitely at the lowest stress I've been at in about 10 years. I've thought about it before and the dreams don't really coincide with real life stress in any noticeable way.

 

[msommer]

Buy the friggin' car already

 

[BobbyLayne]

I hardly ever remember my dreams, and when I do, they're so bizarre (often with a random celebrity or athlete thrown in) it's impossible to say what it was supposed to mean. Like I'll dream I'm on vacation with Demi Moore and we get attacked by a sharknado and Luis Pujois (wildly swinging a bat) saves us. #### like that.

Lately, though, I've been dreaming about making love to very average looking women with enormous breasts. Like a notch below my personal Offdee scare (5/6 = 9/10) and a couple sizes above. I'll hang up and listen.

 

[Henry Ford]

This could be an underlying anxiety problem. When I had -- in my mid-twenties -- a lot of stress, a lot of anxiety, I would constantly dream about being shot. I remember one to this day. 15th and Rhode Island in D.C., running away from a man with a gun. Got shot three or four times. Years later, I was talking to someone about this and how during that time I would always have the feeling of a constricted throat and they told me that I had an undiagnosed anxiety problem. Changed my life for the better to at least understand it. Maybe talk to someone? Or maybe just a stressful night that we've all had.

This.

Yeah, I don't really have that much stress going on in my life right now. I'm not stress free, but I'm definitely at the lowest stress I've been at in about 10 years. I've thought about it before and the dreams don't really coincide with real life stress in any noticeable way.

If you're anxious about actual, real stress, I'd submit that it isn't an anxiety disorder.

 

[DiStefano]

Don't worry. If it was Tim, the jury would congratulate you. And if it was his gang, they'd sit around talking for ever.

 

[shadyridr]

You wanna hear some weird #### about dreams. Every night when I goto bed I have to lay on my left side. I feel completely uncomfortable if I lay on my right side first. Then as I start getting tired I turn over and sleep on my right side and Im completely comfortable and I fall asleep like a baby. Its probably one of those weird things that developed over time and now is part of my routine.

Anyway, here's the weird part. If I fall asleep while on my left side I will have a vivid nightmare that wakes me up and jolts me out of my sleep, forcing me to turn over onto my right side. Happens EVERY time and the nightmares have scared the #### out of me sometimes. I dont remember any now but they often make my heart jump.

 

[TheIronSheik]

This could be an underlying anxiety problem. When I had -- in my mid-twenties -- a lot of stress, a lot of anxiety, I would constantly dream about being shot. I remember one to this day. 15th and Rhode Island in D.C., running away from a man with a gun. Got shot three or four times. Years later, I was talking to someone about this and how during that time I would always have the feeling of a constricted throat and they told me that I had an undiagnosed anxiety problem. Changed my life for the better to at least understand it. Maybe talk to someone? Or maybe just a stressful night that we've all had.

This.

Yeah, I don't really have that much stress going on in my life right now. I'm not stress free, but I'm definitely at the lowest stress I've been at in about 10 years. I've thought about it before and the dreams don't really coincide with real life stress in any noticeable way.

If you're anxious about actual, real stress, I'd submit that it isn't an anxiety disorder.

Hmm... I guess I don't know what an anxiety disorder is then. I just assumed it was anxiety from everyday stress.

 

[Henry Ford]

This could be an underlying anxiety problem. When I had -- in my mid-twenties -- a lot of stress, a lot of anxiety, I would constantly dream about being shot. I remember one to this day. 15th and Rhode Island in D.C., running away from a man with a gun. Got shot three or four times. Years later, I was talking to someone about this and how during that time I would always have the feeling of a constricted throat and they told me that I had an undiagnosed anxiety problem. Changed my life for the better to at least understand it. Maybe talk to someone? Or maybe just a stressful night that we've all had.

This.

Yeah, I don't really have that much stress going on in my life right now. I'm not stress free, but I'm definitely at the lowest stress I've been at in about 10 years. I've thought about it before and the dreams don't really coincide with real life stress in any noticeable way.

If you're anxious about actual, real stress, I'd submit that it isn't an anxiety disorder.

Hmm... I guess I don't know what an anxiety disorder is then. I just assumed it was anxiety from everyday stress.

Getting anxious is a natural response to stress. Getting obviously overly anxious about it or getting anxious without actual stress seems like an anxiety disorder to me. I'm not a psychiatrist, though.

 

[TheIronSheik]

This could be an underlying anxiety problem. When I had -- in my mid-twenties -- a lot of stress, a lot of anxiety, I would constantly dream about being shot. I remember one to this day. 15th and Rhode Island in D.C., running away from a man with a gun. Got shot three or four times. Years later, I was talking to someone about this and how during that time I would always have the feeling of a constricted throat and they told me that I had an undiagnosed anxiety problem. Changed my life for the better to at least understand it. Maybe talk to someone? Or maybe just a stressful night that we've all had.

This.

Yeah, I don't really have that much stress going on in my life right now. I'm not stress free, but I'm definitely at the lowest stress I've been at in about 10 years. I've thought about it before and the dreams don't really coincide with real life stress in any noticeable way.

If you're anxious about actual, real stress, I'd submit that it isn't an anxiety disorder.

Hmm... I guess I don't know what an anxiety disorder is then. I just assumed it was anxiety from everyday stress.

Getting anxious is a natural response to stress. Getting obviously overly anxious about it or getting anxious without actual stress seems like an anxiety disorder to me. I'm not a psychiatrist, though.

Should I feel stressed at this point of the conversation? Because I'm starting to.

 

[wazoo11]

Melatonin and meditation should do the trick.

 

[chauncey]

About 7 years ago I had a recurring dream that would show up every so often for about a year. The dream involved a couple dead bodies ditched in a vehicle out in the desert. I could never figure out my role in the deaths but felt certain that I was responsible somehow and that one day law enforcement or the cartel would knock on my

 

[TheIronSheik]

About 7 years ago I had a recurring dream that would show up every so often for about a year. The dream involved a couple dead bodies ditched in a vehicle out in the desert. I could never figure out my role in the deaths but felt certain that I was responsible somehow and that one day law enforcement or the cartel would knock on my

I have a recurring dream that I get about once every two months. It's not exactly the same, but the premise is always the same. I'm working at Bennigan's and I'm getting ready to leave for the night. Then the host comes up to me and tells me she just sat two tables in my section. I freak out and tell her that I was cut and am leaving, but my manager says I have to take the two tables. When I go up to the tables, they start asking me a bunch of questions I don't know the answers to and everyone is getting mad.

Funny thing is, about a year ago, I had the dream and it had happened so many times before that when the host told me, I said, "Ha! I know what's happening. This is a dream." Then I leave and I would wake up. This happened for about the next 6 months. But I guess the two little guys in lab coats who are in charge of my dreams ( I call them Lem and Phil) wised up to me wising up. Now the dream happens and I point out that I know it's a dream only for the host to say something like, "If this was a dream...." followed by some BS reason as to why it couldn't be a dream. And for some dumb reason, I buy it! And I go over and start waiting on the tables.

It's so creepy how it happens all of the time.

 

[johnnycakes]

About 7 years ago I had a recurring dream that would show up every so often for about a year. The dream involved a couple dead bodies ditched in a vehicle out in the desert. I could never figure out my role in the deaths but felt certain that I was responsible somehow and that one day law enforcement or the cartel would knock on my

I have a recurring dream that I get about once every two months. It's not exactly the same, but the premise is always the same. I'm working at Bennigan's and I'm getting ready to leave for the night. Then the host comes up to me and tells me she just sat two tables in my section. I freak out and tell her that I was cut and am leaving, but my manager says I have to take the two tables. When I go up to the tables, they start asking me a bunch of questions I don't know the answers to and everyone is getting mad.

Funny thing is, about a year ago, I had the dream and it had happened so many times before that when the host told me, I said, "Ha! I know what's happening. This is a dream." Then I leave and I would wake up. This happened for about the next 6 months. But I guess the two little guys in lab coats who are in charge of my dreams ( I call them Lem and Phil) wised up to me wising up. Now the dream happens and I point out that I know it's a dream only for the host to say something like, "If this was a dream...." followed by some BS reason as to why it couldn't be a dream. And for some dumb reason, I buy it! And I go over and start waiting on the tables.

It's so creepy how it happens all of the time.

The nightmare would be if you were going to make a career out of Bennigan's, aspiring to the assistant manager position.

 

[TheIronSheik]

About 7 years ago I had a recurring dream that would show up every so often for about a year. The dream involved a couple dead bodies ditched in a vehicle out in the desert. I could never figure out my role in the deaths but felt certain that I was responsible somehow and that one day law enforcement or the cartel would knock on my

I have a recurring dream that I get about once every two months. It's not exactly the same, but the premise is always the same. I'm working at Bennigan's and I'm getting ready to leave for the night. Then the host comes up to me and tells me she just sat two tables in my section. I freak out and tell her that I was cut and am leaving, but my manager says I have to take the two tables. When I go up to the tables, they start asking me a bunch of questions I don't know the answers to and everyone is getting mad.

Funny thing is, about a year ago, I had the dream and it had happened so many times before that when the host told me, I said, "Ha! I know what's happening. This is a dream." Then I leave and I would wake up. This happened for about the next 6 months. But I guess the two little guys in lab coats who are in charge of my dreams ( I call them Lem and Phil) wised up to me wising up. Now the dream happens and I point out that I know it's a dream only for the host to say something like, "If this was a dream...." followed by some BS reason as to why it couldn't be a dream. And for some dumb reason, I buy it! And I go over and start waiting on the tables.

It's so creepy how it happens all of the time.

The nightmare would be if you were going to make a career out of Bennigan's, aspiring to the assistant manager position.

I'm sure it goes back to when I worked there as a kid. I thought I really liked that job when I worked there. But apparently my mind is still mad at me for working there for so long.

 

[D in the D]

When you dream, do you dream in color, or black and white? ‘Cause I dream in black and white. And last evening, I had a dream about lime Jello. I didn’t know what flavor it was because it was gray. Then I tasted it, and then I realized it was lime. Definitely lime.

 

[TheIronSheik]

When you dream, do you dream in color, or black and white? ‘Cause I dream in black and white. And last evening, I had a dream about lime Jello. I didn’t know what flavor it was because it was gray. Then I tasted it, and then I realized it was lime. Definitely lime.

OK. I assume that's a quote?

I do dream in color. Like I said earlier, my dreams are extremely vivid.

 

[belljr]

I never remember my dreams. Evah.

I pretty much always remember my dreams. In great detail.

i like picking up dreams where they left off from other nights

 

[D in the D]

When you dream, do you dream in color, or black and white? ‘Cause I dream in black and white. And last evening, I had a dream about lime Jello. I didn’t know what flavor it was because it was gray. Then I tasted it, and then I realized it was lime. Definitely lime.

OK. I assume that's a quote?

I do dream in color. Like I said earlier, my dreams are extremely vivid.

Yes, from the "Buckwheat is Dead" SNL skit, a while back.

 

[TheIronSheik]

I never remember my dreams. Evah.

I pretty much always remember my dreams. In great detail.

i like picking up dreams where they left off from other nights

I've done that too. I also figured out how to manipulate my dreams. Not all of them, but I figured out a way to wake up without opening my eyes. It took a lot of practice, but eventually I did it. (It all centered around someone asking if you wake up because you open your eyes or do you open your eyes because you woke up.) On the times that I wake up without opening my eyes, I can then start to think about certain things. They have to be reasonable or I wake up. It's almost like I'm hacking my dreams and if Lem and Phil realize I'm controlling them, they wake me up.

So I can add things in, or make choices to guide my dreams. One thing I noticed about this was that if I did it, I didn't feel as rested when I actually woke up. Like I wore myself out doing it.

Not sure if anyone else here has done this but I'd be interested to hear.

 

[belljr]

I never remember my dreams. Evah.

I pretty much always remember my dreams. In great detail.

i like picking up dreams where they left off from other nights

I've done that too. I also figured out how to manipulate my dreams. Not all of them, but I figured out a way to wake up without opening my eyes. It took a lot of practice, but eventually I did it. (It all centered around someone asking if you wake up because you open your eyes or do you open your eyes because you woke up.) On the times that I wake up without opening my eyes, I can then start to think about certain things. They have to be reasonable or I wake up. It's almost like I'm hacking my dreams and if Lem and Phil realize I'm controlling them, they wake me up.So I can add things in, or make choices to guide my dreams. One thing I noticed about this was that if I did it, I didn't feel as rested when I actually woke up. Like I wore myself out doing it.

Not sure if anyone else here has done this but I'd be interested to hear.

something similar....almost like I can rewind and choose a different path. But sometimes it nets the same result