[sinking]

Hello, there are a few recurring nightmares i usually do since childhood which i found out are quite common in people. like having your teeth falling, falling from height into a hole/nothingness, falling while going up with an elevator etc. Then there is one i never heard people having which used to terrify me since i've had them since childhood and it is about seeing and even greeting/talking to one person in a room/contest, moving to another and seeing again the very same person there too after 2 secs you had just seen/talked to him/her, (and sometimes foreseeing it as a premonition and sometimes realizing one of them is a fake and having to decide which one is the real one).... Ever had these nightmares? Anyway...

Tonight though, for the third night in a row i had a night terror (very very vivid and real nightmare) about me sleeping, having a nightmare about ghosts hallucinations and death, trying to wake up and calling somebody to help me wake up and confirm me i'm awake and comfort me, only to find out i'm still asleep and i only have to keep calling and calling and with real emission of sounds trying to get someone waking me up while having the same nightmare and still trying to wake up againg and againg and again. Realizing im still not awake, calling and making sounds through smashing objects to draw attention to me to get me awake and still being asleep. Then succeeding only after an infinity of attempts during which my anxiety and terror keep growing feeling afraid of never being able to wake up again and remaining trapped in these attempts to wake up.

Written like this it doesnt seem that scary but it is the most anguishing and agonizing night terror i've experienced ever (and i even happened to dream of being raped, killed, being dying, bleeding to death, shot, followed and being run after, being chased, etc.).

Anyone ever had this too? Any idea of what could it mean?
At a certain point my mouth was even blocked like with glue so that i couldnt really speak and call and i had to smash objects to get anyone's attention and help me.... Which in the end didnt work either because i was still asleep. Only slowly and forcedly moving my fingers helped me to wake up for good.

Thoughts? Suggestions on meaning? (Except that my life is a nightmare? I already know that!!! )
Ever had this kind of nightmare too? Particularvthoughts on it?
Thanks, i was treally afraid of going back to SLEEP now and writing about it relaxed me a bit. I hope it was the last time i had it.... Thanks for just erven reading if someone does it...

[CANDC]

Hi sinking. Sorry you are having recurring nightmares. Here are some articles you can research further.

Psych Central - Search results for Nighmares

[sinking]

Thanks,

i read some of the articles and they were interesting.

i was wondering though, if dreaming with lots of anguish and terror of not being able to wake up (and waking up more and more times during the nightmare without waking up for real) is a common nightmare and what do you think it could mean?

i thought it was quite common, and would have liked to know what your interpretation was... otherwise, it doesnt really matter, i was just curious because i woke up shocked and the fact that its a recurrent nightmare made me wonder even more....

anyway, thanks for reading it and answering.

[Thunder Bow]

Look for a real life situation you experiencing, that may make you feel this way. Anxiety does cause bad dreams. Are you taking any medications?

[sinking]

well.... i guess i'd say just... LIFE?

i do feel like all my life is a bad dream i cant wake up from.

yes, im taking anti anxiety meds (to help me sleep) even though i dont feel anxious, but everyone tells me i do look like i am, so i guess i must be...

i mean... anxiety.... i've learned to control it, so that i dont FEEL it, but it probably is there anyway and it comes up in me in my head through thoughts rather than common anxiety feelings or physical symptoms. does it make any sense?

anyway, thanks for the suggestion.

[Thunder Bow]

Makes perfect sense, and it is manifesting itself through your dreams. Medications do affect your dreams. Talk to your doctor about this.