Weird and senseless nightmares the past 2 nights?

Vullet93

I am a 20 year old male and haven't had a nightmare i can remember since i was about 16/17. The past 2 night I have gone to sleep very quickly but am confronted with bizarre and scary dreams. This is really freaking me out and could use some advice...

The first one was that I was in a holiday-themed area at night and for some reason I was having scary hallucinations of distorted faces because i had taken some weird drug and couldn't tell an illusion from reality. My friends were in it too and were helping me break into a shop to try find a cure. A big security guard caught me and kicked me in the face. In the same dream I was in a room very similar to my own bedroom at home and was hearing voices outside, I went to the window to have a look and these two hooded men were in a car park below outside. The second they saw me they ran inside in the front door beneath my room and I heard sprinting footsteps coming closer to my room. I just hid under the covers and started wailing, I then woke up in a cold sweat and out of breath.

Had a shorter dream just last night where I was lying in the same room but this time I heard male voices outside my room getting gradually louder, then my bed started shaking violently, something was underneath it making it move, I again just hid under the covers hoping it would stop, woke up this morning in a similar distressed state. Both of these are the most vivid dreams i have ever had and It takes me a few minutes to realize they were just dreams when i wake up.

I know this doesn't exactly fit the phobias category but I am actually afraid of going to sleep because of this. My brother actually ran into my room at 4AM thinking we were being robbed because of my shouting. Any advice at all would be greatly appreciated as i really don't want to go to a doctor about this, Thanks guys.

punisher5112

Stay away from Drugs.

Were you drinking alcohol or coffee long before bed.

Dreams are just dreams don't read into them too much.

Were you watching a horror movie? where they are in a cabin in the woods and beleive they see their dead selves or the one where they are in the woods for a reality show or the one in the woods where they take some funky mushrooms or the one in the woods yada yada....

marozz

When I was in my twenties I use to suffer from " night terrors". Crazy nightmares similar to yourself, but I felt paralysed and could not move or scream. I was also convinced that the bed was shaking violently and felt very real. They eventually become less frequent, and I haven't had one in years.

Vullet93

I'm in college so i drink alcohol once a week max, don't do drugs or anything like that. My sleeping pattern was a bit all over the place the past few days so that might play a factor.

Marozz i have the same feeling, I wake up and feel unable to move or even open my eyes because of the feeling an intruder is beside my bed or wandering around my house, if it happens again something must be wrong. Thanks for responding anyway glad i'm not the only one.

punisher5112

I always love/hate that feeling where you are in a bit of a middle sort of sleep and you are falling and then jump:)

SledgeGalway

This sounds very like "sleep paralysis" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sleep_paralysis, At least I think that's what it is. I've had this happen a few times, on rare occasions but does seem to come in groups (As in it will happen two nights in a row). According to the link above, it seems to happen when you are either falling asleep or waking up so during the transition period. Its thought to be brought on by poor sleep patterns.

Its not uncommom, speaking to friends of mine, they have noticed it to. It can be fairly unnerving alright but once ya have it figured its kinda funny when you wake up after it.

The sense of dread that comes over you during it is really intense.

The last one I had was just after christmas. Too much sauce and not enough sleep.

seamonkey92

Alcohol + 24 hours = Bad Dreams

Stella Virgo

maybe is was one of these guys visiting you in the night..............
http://drintimacy.wordpress.com/incubus-and-succubus-sex-demons-of-the-night/
be afraid, be VERY afraid....say your prayers.....