Recurring dream
Posted: Thu Dec 27, 2007 8:28 pm
Hello everyone, I'm new here, but I saw this forum and decided it was exactly what I have been searching for.
I actually have three dreams I would like to post, so I will post them in three seperate topics. I hope that is the acceptable way of posting, but if it is not, please let me apologize in advance. I know this is kind of long, but I really could use some guidance, so please excuse the length.
First, I have had this recurring dream since I was a child. The specifics change, but the basic theme is the same.
I always begin by being chased by someone/something. Sometimes I can see it and it takes the face of someone I know or sometimes I do not know the person. Other times, it's just a feeling of someone/something chasing me. Often times I am in an "in-between" place - as in I am below the roof of a building but above the actual living space/rooms. I guess you could say in an attic, but many times it's like a previously lived-in space that has poor/no lighting, discarded toys/debris, and dust/cobwebs.
In the dreams, I know there are light places where there are people, and I think I can run to these places. But, I also think if I do that I will be putting the people in jeopardy by bringing whatever is chasing me to them. So, I choose not to go to them. I run and run and keep trying to get out of this place...I will pass doors and/or entrances to other rooms, and always I will hear someone and I think they need help. I consider running to stay ahead of whatever is chasing me, but instead I turn into the entryway or go through the door to help whoever is there. The person in need of help varies and can be someone I know or a stranger. But, they always need help or I feel like I need to teach them to protect themselves/hide from the "evil" that is coming.
Once I help one person, I resume running away, but I will hear someone else in need. Always I consider going ahead, but I feel compelled to stop and help the person, even though I know that brings the thing chasing me closer to me.
Usually, when I wake from these dreams, it will be just as the "evil" comes to the door, but before it "gets" me. I pray in my dreams.
That's the basics. Sometimes I am running in a field and there will be obstacles that pop up - a fence that I have to climb or a lake I have to wade through. I get past the obstacle fine, but then I look over my shoulder and see someone else who is struggling over. I want to continue because I know I can get away on my own, but this part of me cannot go on knowing I am leaving someone in need behind. So, I always turn back...like in the other dream when I'm inside.
A couple of points: when I am in a field, there are sometimes sporadic trees and I think I can find shelter in a tree...even when I am in the attic-like places, there will be fake trees that are skinny and worn, but I still think the tree can hide me. It's like the tree is a place to rest. But, most times I do not hide in the tree because I keep thinking there are others who need me. If I am in the field and I see a lighted house, I will bypass the lit house for a dark one because I don't want to bring the danger to anyone else....even though a lighted else would give me company and possibly help.
Anyway, that's it. This dream, with all its variations, has continued through my whole life. If anyone has any suggestions or can offer guidance, I really appreciate it.
Have a blessed day!
I actually have three dreams I would like to post, so I will post them in three seperate topics. I hope that is the acceptable way of posting, but if it is not, please let me apologize in advance. I know this is kind of long, but I really could use some guidance, so please excuse the length.
First, I have had this recurring dream since I was a child. The specifics change, but the basic theme is the same.
I always begin by being chased by someone/something. Sometimes I can see it and it takes the face of someone I know or sometimes I do not know the person. Other times, it's just a feeling of someone/something chasing me. Often times I am in an "in-between" place - as in I am below the roof of a building but above the actual living space/rooms. I guess you could say in an attic, but many times it's like a previously lived-in space that has poor/no lighting, discarded toys/debris, and dust/cobwebs.
In the dreams, I know there are light places where there are people, and I think I can run to these places. But, I also think if I do that I will be putting the people in jeopardy by bringing whatever is chasing me to them. So, I choose not to go to them. I run and run and keep trying to get out of this place...I will pass doors and/or entrances to other rooms, and always I will hear someone and I think they need help. I consider running to stay ahead of whatever is chasing me, but instead I turn into the entryway or go through the door to help whoever is there. The person in need of help varies and can be someone I know or a stranger. But, they always need help or I feel like I need to teach them to protect themselves/hide from the "evil" that is coming.
Once I help one person, I resume running away, but I will hear someone else in need. Always I consider going ahead, but I feel compelled to stop and help the person, even though I know that brings the thing chasing me closer to me.
Usually, when I wake from these dreams, it will be just as the "evil" comes to the door, but before it "gets" me. I pray in my dreams.
That's the basics. Sometimes I am running in a field and there will be obstacles that pop up - a fence that I have to climb or a lake I have to wade through. I get past the obstacle fine, but then I look over my shoulder and see someone else who is struggling over. I want to continue because I know I can get away on my own, but this part of me cannot go on knowing I am leaving someone in need behind. So, I always turn back...like in the other dream when I'm inside.
A couple of points: when I am in a field, there are sometimes sporadic trees and I think I can find shelter in a tree...even when I am in the attic-like places, there will be fake trees that are skinny and worn, but I still think the tree can hide me. It's like the tree is a place to rest. But, most times I do not hide in the tree because I keep thinking there are others who need me. If I am in the field and I see a lighted house, I will bypass the lit house for a dark one because I don't want to bring the danger to anyone else....even though a lighted else would give me company and possibly help.
Anyway, that's it. This dream, with all its variations, has continued through my whole life. If anyone has any suggestions or can offer guidance, I really appreciate it.
Have a blessed day!