scared and confused. help!

Hey there, its been a whilst since I asked for help on here but right now I am desperate.

Anyhow here’s the situation;

A few nights ago I hadd a dream in which a very close friend took her own life. I wa (in the dream) devestated by this. I (eventually) found myself driving to the location of her death for reasons unknown. Anyhow upon arrival the friend who had died changed to a different friend. I was aware of this sudden change in my dream which rather confused me to say the least!

Anyway to cut a long story short, when I woke up I could not work out if that was a dream or if it was a memory yesterday. Either way I was extremely low at this point and very worried about my friends. Thid led me to phoning both friends to make sure they were ok!

Even now I feel as if they are no longer with us, despite talkin to them both.

the last few days (since the dream) I have been finding it almost impossible to tell the difference between reality anD whatever my mind is creating, its almost as if I am still in that dream.

Can anyone shed some light on this for me?

Ps, is this in the right section? Depression is the only one I know.

Thanks and sorry its so long! Tooj me half an hour to write this!!!

marko

Are your relationships with these friends ok?
Most times when I am struggeling with someone I will dream about them.
Larks

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the last few days (since the dream) I have been finding it almost impossible to tell the difference between reality anD whatever my mind is creating, its almost as if I am still in that dream.

Can anyone shed some light on this for me?


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Marko,
Are you on any meds right now? The reason I ask is that I had this problem... distinguishing dreamstate from reality... when I was on high levels of Zoloft. It was very scary. I hope things get better for you.

Obsidian

True obs, ambien also does this to dreaming... and I wonder , too, if you are worried about losing the friendships maybe? Depression over such a dream is common... when it feels so real! But only you can decide what it actually means to you... and when you find it, you will "know" that's what it means.

nope no meds. that would make explaining whats wrong easy

our relationships have never been better!

grr this sucks

I hear ya loud and clear elmarko. I posted about a similar thing recently, dreams so real it is hard to convince yourself upon waking that it didn't happen. I often remember my dreams but lately I have been having dreams that disturb my sleep but that I can't remember when I wake up so I haven't had that particular problem for a while. I'm sorry that I don't have any suggestions tho, other than what I do, which is just to keep telling myself it wasn't real, didn't happen, until the "realness" of it fades, which I've found it always does eventually. I know how disturbing these dreams can be, especially when they seem to be directed at your most vulnerable spots. My thoughts are with you tho, anway, just so you know it's not just you, so to speak. And again, the feeling will pass, try not to let it get to you too much. TC