Sleep & Dreams

[Deeznutslol]

Does anyone else have dreams where they’re not even human? I regularly have a dream that I’m a bouncy ball, bouncing down the stairs or rolling down the street. Sometimes I dream I’m an aeroplane.
I also can’t sleep unless something is on top of my head, like another pillow or a blanket, and the only time I have nightmares is when the blanket goes over my mouth/nose and I start crying and shouting in my sleep lmao.

 

[HoGi]

I don't tend to have sleep paralysis but I do sleep walk and talk.

Also have quite vivid dreams

 

[FabulousDarling]

I dream something similar where I cannot dial the number I need. Or I can’t text. It’s so frustrating and I get really upset and panicky. I KNOW the number but it’s almost as if my fingers don’t work anymore!

Omg I was about to type this also!!! Literally I know it’s 999 I need to type but my hands just won’t type the number!!! It frustrates and freaks me out so much
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Has anyone heard of Alice in wonderland syndrome?
I have it. I close my eyes and it’s like I start to shrink and everything including the room gets bigger and I’m just this tiny person in the corner of a big room.
My son then used to wake up screaming but would be asleep and would be saying he feels like big bouncy balls or other balls were rolling towards him (i think it’s the same thing like I get)

I’ve also dreamt I’m flying and can actually feel myself moving up in the air.
I’ve dreamt of teeth falling out (I think that signifies money worries)
I’ve dreamt my husband was cheating on my and I wake up so annoyed with him.
I talk a lot in my sleep and also wake up crying sometimes.
the trying to type 999 into a phone and not being able to freaks me out the worse.

 

[Bettyboo2475]

I dream regularly the same few dreams about catching a bus or train or plane. Or getting lost in a big city.

 

[emm]

If I hang something up in my room, for example a coat on the wardrobe door, sometimes my brain will sense it as a foreign object in the pitch black middle of the night and I'll jolt awake terrified that there's an intruder in the room. Does anyone know the sensation I mean? It must be something deeply primeval, it's a horrible sensation.

Definitely, I prepare all my clothes for work the evening before but can never leave them in my room hanging up, I leave them in the hallway. Ditto I have a mirror on the inside of my wardrobe doors, after hearing the horror story of bloody Mary I cannot sleep with the mirror door open in case I accidently glance at it at midnight

 

[WhatABore]

You mentioned a woman with really dark hair. My is the same. If it's her, there's no way I'm googling it

I remember reading something about it yesrs ago!

I refuse to sleep on my back because it's much more common on your back

 

[WhatABore]

Also hate it when a loud bang wakes me with a start but it was all in my head/dream!

Or i have my name being called!

 

[LouBug19]

Bit late but hi I have the most crazy dreams recently it's been a reoccurring theme I'm in school...

Last night had a dream my bf was going to prison for 5 weeks during Christmas but he was home and we were arguing. Then I asked why 5 weeks and he was late to something shit.

Also dreamt got a 38% on an essay and the feedback was "lies" "rubbish" "this is awful" like wtf.

 

[Bettyboo2475]

I have quite a lot about flying on a plane and the plane never taking off. It always tries but never can.
Nothing bad happens... We don't crash... It just keeps landing and trying again

That’s odd. I never leave the platform so similar to your plane not taking off.

 

[Sibz]

I've had the hallucination thing as I've been falling asleep before, they're called hypnogogic hallucinations. They're almost always spiders or insects, which are apparently very common, I once heard a loud buzzing of a giant bee too. I haven't had them for years though, weirdly I used to always get them when I laid on my left side, but I started wearing an eye mask too while I sleep and I don't get them at all anymore.

I've never had sleep paralysis but I did feel like there was someone getting into bed with me once, like when you feel something heavy behind you and I woke up with a start, it really scared me!!

I've had very vivid dreams before, I dont get nightmares but occasionally get anxiety dreams, some of my recurring ones are getting on train or bus and getting lost, being late to get to catch a plane, trying to pack a suitcase and running out of time, a tornado coming towards my house, a tidal wave coming and trying to escape it, being back at school, going into a public toilet and really needing to go but the door is really short and doesn't cover me properly

 

[WhatABore]

I have terrible nightmares most nights and I’m quite often afraid to sleep. I also suffer from ‘exploding head syndrome’ where I hear an incredibly loud bang in my head when I’m just starting to sleep.

My nightmares have pretty much been the same theme since childhood. When I’m not having nightmares I have those frustrating dreams where I’m trying to pack up some house, or suitcase and I’m running out of time. Or trying to drive from the backseat of the car

I get a lot of these too! The frustrating ones!
Always trying to do something but can't or trying to do something on a time limit and failing

 

[#botsforlife]

My childhood room had massive floor to ceiling mirrored wardrobe doors . I still can't look in mirrors in the dark. 'Bloody Mary' has a lot to answer for.

Hahaha yes Bloody Mary and also The Candy Man

 

[Little Bear]

I was really ill with tonsillitis once, so probably a contributing factor. I woke up and couldn’t move but I could see the bunk bed my sister and step sister shared and could see my step sister moving so knew I was awake. The weirdest thing was my vision was like how night vision is, like that green tone. Proper freaky.

Dreams I have regularly are those frustrating dreams where you’re just trying to do something and can’t. It’s usually when I’ve been off work for holiday and due to go back. I work in care so one I have frequently is I’m doing the morning medication round and keep getting interrupted and just can’t seem to finish getting the medication out to everyone.

 

[Heyguysswipeup]

I get regular dreams that I still have outstanding essays to write for uni - even though I graduated 6 years ago. I think it’s due to the PTSD I experienced of doing a masters degree
I used to have terrible dreams as a child, I couldn’t differentiate reality from dreams and had to see psychiatrists for a while to help me.
I often have the same dream years apart and it seems like significant places from my childhood always make it into my dreams, even though I’ve not been there for decades!

 

[Mamacita]

I have terrible nightmares most nights and I’m quite often afraid to sleep. I also suffer from ‘exploding head syndrome’ where I hear an incredibly loud bang in my head when I’m just starting to sleep.

My nightmares have pretty much been the same theme since childhood. When I’m not having nightmares I have those frustrating dreams where I’m trying to pack up some house, or suitcase and I’m running out of time. Or trying to drive from the backseat of the car

For me it's usually trying to pack to get to the airport on time

It's funny in terms of driving. Before I learned to drive I always had dreams I'm amazing at driving. Now I can drive (sort of) I have so many dreams when I'm literally crashing into everything, running people over etc!

 

[mg89]

I've always had weird and vivid dreams; night terrors were frequent as a child, I have always sleep walked and I talk in my sleep most nights.

When I am very very tired, whilst falling asleep, I get this weird sensation that everything is sped up in my mind. It's really hard to describe, but everything is on fast forward and my hands and body feel like they're moving really quickly.

I did have a recurring dream based on a traumatic experience I had as a child; the event would replay in my head over and over as part of a dream but in different settings. My partner is a therapist and suggested I write the whole dream out and then read it repeatedly over days. It worked and I didn't have that dream again for well over a year; I've only had it about 3 times since in times of very high stress. It was like I hadn't processed the event and it was coming through my dreams. Well worth it for anyone struggling with a recurring dream.

 

[emm]

My sister messaged me today.to say she had dreamt that I had got back with my (awful) ex.boyfriend. I haven't, but weirdly for the past 2 weeks I hVe been dreaming that the same

 

[restingbtcface]

Hi does anyone else have regular dreams that their partner is cheating on them? I’m always having dreams that my husband is cheating and I wake up feeling upset & mad at him!

 

[WhatABore]

I can tell when I’m stressed or worried by a particular type of dream I have. No matter what the story is, I’m always driving a car and can’t quite reach the pedals properly to control it. And the steering wheel is really heavy so i can’t avoid things. It’s horrible because I just have this awful feeling of trying so hard yet being completely out of control.

In a way it’s good tho because its like my subconscious telling me I need to look at what I’ve got going on in my life and make some changes.

I have similar but usually where I am trying to brake but the car wont brake.
Or I get confused with the pedals and can't stop the car!

 

[Twertle]

I dream all the time, most of the time if it’s a poignant dream where something really out of the ordinary has happened I’ll Google the event and can kind of work out why I dreamt it. I don’t really have nightmares although twice now when I’ve been struggling to sleep I’ll close my eyes and i can see my whole bedroom with my eyes closed it’s so strange. I’m awake because the last time I had to open my eyes as it freaked me out a bit.