[scott88keys]

I scared my wife and dog last night. It was horrible. I haven't had a night terror in many years. I had a terrible nightmare about my childhood neighbor who repeatedly raped my sister for years. He was lurking just outside my childhood house and to my horror, I discovered my brother had removed the lock to the door. I was screaming and panicking and in the dream, my family was acting as if nothing was wrong, everything was just fine. This man was like a grandfather to me and was very nice to us, none of us knew what he was really doing to my sister.

I woke myself screaming because I was so scared and I couldn't do anything. My wife told me to go get a drink. I went to the bathroom and kept asking myself if I was awake, was this reality? When I went back to bed, I felt panicky and then felt like I was disappearing--I haven't dissociated for well over a year. I don't know what brought all this on. . .I've just had a horrible day because I didn't really get any sleep last night.

[BalishBun]

wow that is quite an experience. That must be so tough to deal with. Take it easy.

[Perna]

Oh, I hate nightmares like that. I still get anxious thinking about the one where I electricuted my husband :-) I wasn't paying attention and plugged in a computer at the wrong time. I knew there was nothing I could do, he was dead, and came screaming out of that but was lying on my "good" ear so couldn't hear myself scream so got louder to wake myself up and was shaking my husband to make sure he was still alive (this is 7:00 on a Saturday morning :-) and so thoroughly woke him he had to get up but I fell back to sleep for a couple hours. I worked hard to wake myself up too, so I wouldn't go back into the dream.

[Cyran0]

Nightmares suck. I always get them though they rarely have to do (directly) with my history. I hope you're feeling better.

Cyran0

[BalishBun]

I dont have night terrors, Just a dream that makes me mad/sad once and awhile of my husband betraying me, or someone else I love. Other than that, I dream so much sometimes I have 5 a night. Not all the time though. If my mind was a painter, it would be one heck of an artist.