I had a nightmare a little over a week ago. My mother whom I love very much, but nontheless have issues with, was psychotic in my dream and was trying to hurt me. Now, first of all my mom has suffered from depression all my life. She had severe depressive episodes, sometimes where she had slightly paranoid thoughts and delusions. She even had some manic moments. But never in her history of mental illness was she so gone that she wanted to hurt someone. (other than herself from time to time). In my dream she was driving my car that I have now, and I think I was an adult in the dream, and anyways she was acting psychotic, weaving in and out of lanes, and talking crazy, not looking at the road, I literally thought she's going to kill us. Why does she want to kill me. Why does she have a crazed look and why is this being directed at me. Then the dream immediately went to me, being in the shower at my childhood home. I think I was a teenager. The shower curtain was ripped open and my mom grabbed a razor and tried cutting me, she was frantically slashing at my leg, and I could barely react, I was so shocked and so frightened, I was pleading with her, why are you doing this, why do you want to hurt me, you love me, the words were in my head atleast but I don't think even in the dream I was able to verbalize them. She wasn't even acknowledging me. Suddenly I woke up panting, my husband woke up to me and I explained the dream and started crying. Where did this come from? How could I dream this? My mom never, seriously never abused me.