Fucking Nightmares!!

Kasha

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I have been having horrible ones for the last few days. I have always had really detailed, realistic dreams. Which for the most part is cool.. I can usually remember with great clarity what I have just dreamed about. When I am having a good dream..like going to the movies with George Clooney...it's nice to remember it.

But holy God, not these nightmares. I hate it. I wish I could dream in a way I've heard other people talk about hazy, fragmented..or not remembered. I hate to wake up crying, to have this "memory" that my mis wired brain has made up.

I think I need to go to a dream analyzer...This is the nightmare from last night.

I am at my grandparents home. The house that I grew up in. I am chatting with my husband because he is getting ready to leave. When he leaves, I start to help my grandma with some caramel she has made. I am wearing this grey sweater (which I really own) and somehow the sleeve has gotten this mushy caramel crap on it. So, my grandma tries to help me get it off by heating up a butter knife and scraping it off. This doesn't work so I take it off and take it to the laundry room.

Then I walk down to my room, and make up the bed. I hear the door and I know my dad has just come over. I start hurrying around the room getting everything cleaned up so I can get out of there before he comes to the back of the house.

As I start to leave the room he comes in. He says that we can talk now. I say what...he says we can talk now since you've lost weight. I say what the hell, fuck you I don't wanna talk to you.. I walk out of the room into the living room where my grandparents are sitting. I say..tell them what you just said, that you would talk to me now since I have lost weight. Oh God, fuck you blah blah. At this point I start arguing with him telling him I don't wanna talk to him and cussing him out. Anyhow, then I go and kiss my grandparents and go to leave.

I walk to the frontdoor and see my dad sitting in a chair. I reach into my pocket and pull out a handgun. I hold it up and squeeze the trigger. Click, no bullet. So, I try again. Click. I think oh shit, and then I look my father in the face and he says I'll show you how to shoot a gun..kinda menacing. I hear my grandpa saying Oh god,oh god. I know that my dad is gonna shoot me, so I start to run out of the house. While running I put my hand in my pocket and grab my keys, because I am thinking to myself that people in scary movies that are getting chased never have their keys ready. So I am at the car, putting the key in the locked door when I hear a gunshot.

I drop my keys and start to run. I hear another gunshot and see the bullets flying past me. I fall to the ground, I can smell the dirt and grass. I start to crawl when I see our neighbor come out and yell what's happening.

I stand back up while still trying to get away. I look back and still see my father walking slowly toward me shooting, but I look over to the house and I see my grandpa come out and he has a gun. He shoots it up in the air, like he is trying to get my dad's attention. I see my dad stop and turn, I think he is going to shoot at my grandpa.

I start running towards him to stop him. We meet in the street and I stop right in front of him. He says I am the best father in the world and then he shoots himself.

Then I wake up..hysterical crying, heart pounding.


Fucked up right.
 
What a horrible dream. Did you get along with your dad? I sounds so horrifying. :(
 
Wow, Kasha.

That is a wild nightmare. I don't know what your exact situation is, but yes, I think you should talk to a pro. about it. I could do some amat. analyzing, but that won't really help you. Go talk to a pro. Good luck hon.
 
Nope. He has always been a piece of shit. I always tried to get him to love me and all that. He lived right around the corner from us...me and my grandparents. They raised me. I have posted about that a couple times on the board.
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My grandpa is sick...well he may be dying. I think that maybe my worrying about him and everything is taking a toll on my brain or something.

I am not a violent or crazy person. I've never shot or held a handgun. This nightmare has me afraid to go to sleep because as bad as it was.. what if I dream something worse. Hell, I don't know... I maybe just need to vent.
 
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Definitely something you should talk to a pro about. And I mean an honest to god good counselor or shrink. The analysis seems sort of obvious, though not necessarily. All I have to say is that you have no reason to feel guilty about whatever it is about -- though the nightmare must just be horrible to deal with anyway.
 
Well at least nightmares cannot kill you. Sorry your Dad is a piece of shit, and has to insist he's the best Dad in the world. Again not your fault.
 
It may sound silly, but I got my daughter an Indian dream catcher when she had really bad dreams. She believed in it and it worked.
 
I think I have one of those...it's in the bedroom..but we have been sleeping in the living room. I think I will move it.

As far as seeing a shrink. I don't know. I mean I am pretty open about my feelings about my dad. I mean I know he's a fuckin piece of shit asshole..blah blah..lol. I mean I accept it. I have no shame in admitting that I hate him and I do wish that I didn't care at all about him since that would be better than hating. It would take a lot less energy.

If any of ya'll do dream analysis, have at it. I'd love to hear what others interps are... I mean, because I know all of my history I look at the nightmare and a lot of it makes sense..but the ending is wacko.

I was not a fat kid, I was just always taller when I was young but I did have a bad body image. I carry that with me still today. I am sure that I somehow corrolated my father's dismissal of me with me being told by him occasionally when he would come over that I was fat...

I have recently started going to a doctor because of my body image and weight issues. She told me I am insulin resistant and no matter how many "diets" I could go on, I would never lose weight easily or permanently with them. She has taught me a very easy way to eat, and I have been losing weight rather well for the last 2 months..almost 20 pounds. She has me on a thyroid med and metaformin.(glucophage) which seems to be helping me with how I feel.

Anyhow, thank you all for your responses. I kinda hate bringing my personal stuff to the board but I don't have a lot of people I hang out with.. So, I really have a limited amount of folks to talk to. I come here quite often and have seen some really good insight on some things, so I figured I would get over it and just post about this.

Thanks again.
 
When my daughter had all her bad dreams, I got a "dream analysis" book. I'll let you know what I can find. :rose:
 
I don't know if the ending is all that wacko. He kills himself as the best dad in the world which of course he did do. Either way the way you described it, it sounded like you felt implicated in his death. Sounds to me like your grandparents were cool and your dad was a jerk. Nothing you could do about that really. So if I come across some interesting dream analysis stuff too I'll let you know. I still sometimes dream about my dad too and he too was a troll so hang tough sister.
 
One other thing, Kasha.

You have every right to be upset about your feelings about this dream. Your statement of "Fucked up, right?" kinda bothers me in that respect.We will listen to you vent, and be here for you as much as we can, but most of the replies you get will be from amateurs. Try the dreamcatcher, if you are a religious person, pray, meditate, do whatever it takes to let the negative thoughts about this dream go before you sleep tonight, or it may flavor your dreams tonight. {{KASHA}}
 
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