Just wondering if anyone else has dreams that relate to mood? I feel like my mood is changing based on the dreams I'm getting.

Seriously, I'm getting my scary homicidal dreams again.

Possible trigger:

They often involve me murdering people in cold blood, mortally wounding people, or "beating them up so bad that they regret it"

So here are some exaamples:

Possible trigger:

For example, in one dream, I stabbed my sister in the back with a giant kitchen knife 3 times in a row. I did it because she "looked at me funny."

I've also shot and stabbed my dad in plenty of dreams.

In another dream, I fatally shot a random person who cut me off in their SUV. I basically followed them to a store, took out my apparently AK-47, and shot him right in the head, then drove off.

Though in some cases, I've also been shot at and brutally attacked, so I had no choice but to defend myself or die.

Also had a dream two nights ago where I went swimming and a crockodile bit my hand, tearing it off. Then I was in excruciating pain and it grabbed my arm stump and tried to rip that off too. So I was helplessly bashing it in the head with my other arm trying to get free, but it was of no use. Then another crockodile swam up from behind my back and bit my left leg, trying to drag me under. But instead of dragging me under, it ripped off my leg. Next thing I knew, I drowned to death.

And these two are particularly bad... so i will "double" trigger this:

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Oh, and this other dream the night before... I sliced off a woman's head with a very sharpened cutlass. I hacked at her neck a few times until it finally detached and rolled on the ground. She was much larger than I was and she kept telling me to "get out" because I was too close to her property near the ocean. I didn't like what she said, so I hacked her head off.

Last night, I took up a fight with a much bigger girl than me when I was in a Wal-Mart store. (Probably 5'10" 200lb if I were to guess.) I charged at her full force and somehow managed to knock her down. Then I stomped on her head to squish it against the floor tiles. Then I made a swift kick to her jaw and knocked out two teeth. Then I kicked her in the stomach and grabbed a wire (like a clothes hanger wire from the nearby clothing section) and tried to strangle her with it. Finally, I spat at her and said, "F_CK YOU"

Plenty more where that came from! It makes me feel so guilty

[rwwff]

I have no idea really, but I have noted the last couple weeks, the recurrent theme of a post apocalyptic backdrop to all my dreams has gone away, and now they're almost like normal social interactions. Which is odd for me, given that I'm pretty much a recluse. Nice change though.

Only thing that has changed is the addition of the depakote and reaching some sort of undistorted mood state. So maybe....

[wildflowerchild25]

I have violent dreams when I'm stressed out. Not as violent as yours but they usually involve screaming at someone and then attaching them, either hitting them or pulling hair or something like that. They happen often when my anxiety is very high during the day and especially when I am trying desperately to hold myself together all day. I'm actually not disturbed by them as I feel better getting all my anger out in my dream (however I'm not murdering people, just beating people up or being verbally abusive).