I've been having a lot of weird dreams. My therapist did ask me about them but didn't say anything. But she asked me what were the dreams more of...fear or suffocation. What's the difference between the two?
I have a lot going on...past abuse and currently going through divorce after finding out my husband was having an affair.
I dream of being in water, pools, beach, lakes...i love the water and love to swim. Well these dreams...i swim really deep and suddenly either I'm stuck and can't swim up or something's holding me down. I am awakened by my inability to breathe. I'm litteraly suffocating and wake up gasping for air.
Fear dreams are dreams where there's a lot of violence and i fear for my safety. I've dreamt that my husband is going to kill me, of hearing sounds of hitting, punching, slapping in my home but the violence is not towards me it's usually towards a little girl who i don't know or someone else. I dreamt twice of an adolescent girl knocking on my door and asking for shelter i let her in and once she died on my bed and the other time in the bathtub...i am scared and fear wakes me up. I'm shaking, my heart beating fast, sweaty, heavy breathing...there's a lot more....i told my t about then but she just sat there thinking, once she said, "maybe" but then stopped. I think she doesn't think I'm ready to explore them yet because of everything going on...any ideas...maybe suggestions on how to not have these types of dreams. T suggested positive affirmative thoughts before going to bed and relaxation techniques, which I've tried but I'm still having these dreams.