[Claritytoo]

Over the past five to six months I have been having dreams that are different from what I have always had. My dreams in the past felt more enlightening and often I would have the same dream pick up in the same spot I left off from. I would know I was dreaming and was somehow comforted by the familiar dreams. Now my dreams include events that have happened that day or days before. They don't seem to be as enlightening. They seem to be more like processing the information I received that day or days before. My other dreams were like visiting other realities. These dreams are most often something that actual happened only with some variations like including people who weren't at the actual event or combining events in one dream. Has anyone had an experience where their dreams changed in how they present?

I used to dream blockbuster adventure movies with characters from like Mission Impossible starring me with cliff hangers and continuing dreams.

Well, them days are over and I too now dream of events, scenarios, and unrelated things of people that I don't know.

The dreams that I hate are the ones that I get into a bind and locked into a situation that I can't get out of that repeats itself over and over, and I feel like I'm getting desperate and I can't break free....and then there's the potty ones.

[Kiya]

hmmmm!!!

[finding_my_way]

i have had dreams lately where i am someone else. it is very strange to me. i don't know how people generally dream..but for me, i haven't had really a particular set of dreams/themes except themes with bad dreams. but i have noticed dreams though where i change genders and ages. sometimes, i also am watching 'myself' as these other people from a distance or even switch between watching from the outside to being in the body. i have never experienced dissociation like that where i see myself from outside/far away.....but dreams are interesting things.

I don't know if this means anything, but I go through periods where I have zero recollection of dreaming. It's like I close my eyes, then I'm opening them.

[Claritytoo]

Originally Posted by finding_my_way

i have had dreams lately where i am someone else. it is very strange to me. i don't know how people generally dream..but for me, i haven't had really a particular set of dreams/themes except themes with bad dreams. but i have noticed dreams though where i change genders and ages. sometimes, i also am watching 'myself' as these other people from a distance or even switch between watching from the outside to being in the body. i have never experienced dissociation like that where i see myself from outside/far away.....but dreams are interesting things.

I can only recall one time when I saw myself from the outside. I was doing something I said I wouldn't do. I remember part of me not wanting to do it but that part that did, did it. In that moment I could see myself doing what I didn't want to be doing. It was a flash and suddenly I realized I was watching myself. I don't remember anything after that realization. In fact when I try to remember all I see is bright white. At the time I didn't know I was DID. In fact I waited a month before I mentioned it to a friend. By the time I mentioned it I thought I was losing my mind. When my friend said I dissociated I didn't know what she was talking about. She said it softly and almost in a question. After we hung up I googled it and found myself in the definition. All the times I had tried to figure out what was going on with me and suddenly it was there. One word. I have never thanked my friend because I have never told her. I need her to see me as she has always seen me.

[Claritytoo]

Ok, last night I had a dream about a friend with who I had a relationship. I saw him about five months ago and we spoke briefly. We were in a group so our conversation was vague and implied. This was the first love of my life. I hadn't spoken to him in nearly 30 years. Our break up nearly killed me and he remained angry at me for decades. I have dreamed of him three times since that conversation five months ago. The dream contained all the reasons why I loved him and at the same time all the reasons why our relationship ended. Again not a dream I would have had a year ago.

[finding_my_way]

Originally Posted by Claritytoo

Ok, last night I had a dream about a friend with who I had a relationship. I saw him about five months ago and we spoke briefly. We were in a group so our conversation was vague and implied. This was the first love of my life. I hadn't spoken to him in nearly 30 years. Our break up nearly killed me and he remained angry at me for decades. I have dreamed of him three times since that conversation five months ago. The dream contained all the reasons why I loved him and at the same time all the reasons why our relationship ended. Again not a dream I would have had a year ago.

i have also had dreams of people from the past who i had relationships with, friendships, etc. that ended or times i knew them were very emotional for me. they are upsetting because i always think i'm finally over them and the situation, but i still dream of them every so often years later...one friend in particular who i was best friends with from 12 to 19 years old and our friendship ended a few years after high school since we grew apart and stopped talking, etc. i thought the very last conversation we had healed those wounds, but i found she blocked me on social media..not sure why....it still upsets me when i dream about her though because in most of them, it involves her either coming back and we are friends again or she is leaving and i am crying.

[Claritytoo]

Originally Posted by finding_my_way

i have also had dreams of people from the past who i had relationships with, friendships, etc. that ended or times i knew them were very emotional for me. they are upsetting because i always think i'm finally over them and the situation, but i still dream of them every so often years later...one friend in particular who i was best friends with from 12 to 19 years old and our friendship ended a few years after high school since we grew apart and stopped talking, etc. i thought the very last conversation we had healed those wounds, but i found she blocked me on social media..not sure why....it still upsets me when i dream about her though because in most of them, it involves her either coming back and we are friends again or she is leaving and i am crying.

There are times when I feel pain from a lost friendship or love but at the same time I also am grateful for having had that person in my life. I don't like the sadness of the loss but I would have never felt the depth of emotion if I had not known that person. I am better for haven known the people who have moved me.