[MisterWest]

Ok I have had a reoccuring dream quite a few times now that slighty differs but is generally the same. I am always with somebody, a friend, brother, girlfriend, etc. The situation/place is different every time and I never really know why we are being chased or running from people trying to kill us, but they are shooting at us. After some Intensity of running from the killers and dodging bullets, and some close calls. there comes a moment when I realize the person I am with is about to be shot. I take the hit for them everytime and we seem to get away after that, but I feel myself bleeding out and dying and fading out, telling the person I am with to just go on without me and that Im not gonna make it...than I wake up. I usually have intense pain in the spot where I took the bullet and was bleeding out. Wake up in a panic/anxiety state of mind and sweating. In my dream I feel like i need to stay alive as long as I can, I fear without my help the person with me will not make it out. Its like I take the hit so that they can get away.

These dreams do usually occur when I am in a depressed state of mind too and feeling kinda of worthless and down on myself. They are very scary, real, and intense dreams as well. The pain is so real that sometimes I wake up disoriented thinking i have an actual bullet wound. On one occasion I can remember waking up thinking I was bandaged up in a friends living room and thought i felt real blood and was somehow alive. It took a few seconds to realize it was a dream. Like i said i wake up often disoriented from these nightmares.

I am just curious if anyone can provide some insight on to what these nightmares could possibly mean.

[Thunder Bow]

The others are realy You. Your shooting at yourself. You are yearning to set yourself free. You are also seeking to heal yourself as well.

Dont be so hard on yourself.

[MisterWest]

Thanks for your reply, hmm shooting myself, Like I am trying to kill off a part of me? Is it like with death comes a rebirth? I guess that makes sense. I feel like I need a rebirth/fresh start but I don't know how to actually go about it, I feel so stuck. Sorry for all the questions, I'm new here and to dream interpretation in general

[Thunder Bow]

You are on a good Path. In your dream you protect others. That means your are also protecting parts of yourself.

Where do you feel the pain, in what part of your body? The bandage is covering or hidding a wound.