Last night I had one of those dreams that feels like its not a dream, but more like reality.
I dreamt that my husband and I were separating. It was so real feeling. So horrifying.
It freaked the SH&T out of me!
I woke up in a panic and breathing heavy. My chest hurt. I even began to cry. It was crazy. It wasn’t until I looked over at the clock and saw that it was 4 a.m. that I realized it was a dream.
I managed to fall back asleep, but unfortunately returned to the dream (aka nightmare). In part II he moved out and started dating someone. What the F&*K! It was awful.
When I woke up again at 6 a.m. my chest hurt and my heart was pounding. It felt so real. Done with the dreaming I woke my husband up and told him what happened. He reassured me that it was a dream and we were fine, but I was still freaked out.
What I don’t understand is why I had the dream? My husband and I have a really great marriage. We’ve been together since I was in high school/he was in college (15 years total) and our relationship couldn’t be stronger. We really are best friends.
Have any of you ever had a dream so real it freaked you out? Can anyone explain mine to me?
Side Note: I have been extremely stressed lately and under a lot of pressure. I am hoping/thinking that is what was behind it.
Man that is scary. Maybe you are under a lot of stress??
I hope you have a good night sleep tonight.
Wow…that’s crazy! I would say, you’re worried that you’re going to lose control of a situation…him leaving you would be completely something that you couldn’t control. The situation probably has nothing to do with HIM, but…he represents something that you love, that you assume will always be there, and something that you don’t know how to deal with losing.
Does that help? Take his advice – everything’s fine. Don’t worry so much about it.
I’m pregnant right now, and I’m CONVINCED it’s a boy because I keep having VIOLENT, homicidal dreams. People are dying left and right, in oodles of different ways. When I was pregnant with my baby girl, I dreamt that I was a magician. That’s it. Magic wands. I was Harry Potter. Nobody died.
Dreams are crazy!
Dreams are a funny thing and the science behind them is sketchy at best.. I have had dreams where I literally woke up crying because they were so heartbreaking and so real.
One Example: I had a dream that I was standing with my deceased grandmother (2 years after she died) and we were saying good-bye. I kissed her cheek and her skin was so soft beneath my lips – it was as real as anything I have ever felt awake. By the time we were finished hugging, I was crying and woke up still crying.
A few weeks before this dream I had major surgery, so I was stressed out. Our minds have a weird way of working through stress!
I had those dreams when I was pregnant. They always ended with me beating up my soon-to-be-ex-husband! I attribute them to hormonal rage and the fact that he was sleeping blissfully while I tossed and turned an bemoaned heartburn.
I have dreams like that frequently. They are always terrifying, and I don’t read anything into them.
I do hate when you try to go back to sleep only to fall back into the same dream – so unfair.
I had one recently, where I couldn’t find my husband, and everyone was keeping me from him, and since I couldn’t get to him, I just decided to go back to my ex – even though I didn’t really want to. i woke up all weirded out.
No matter how many times I woke up and went back to sleep, I could not get out of that dream or the house in it. Just kept going in circles, almost finding my husband, but being thwarted at every turn.
Thank you for all your kind words and stories. Aunt Lolo I think you are on to something. I have totally been feeling that way at work lately.
I have weird dreams a lot… I always have. A few times I’ve dreamt that I found out my husband was cheating on me–and like you, it was not at all a concern in real life–but it was so vivid that when I woke up, I still felt incredibly pissed off at him for an hour or two! Not at all rational, and we laughed about it, but sometimes dreams feel so real.
My husband hates it when I have dreams about him doing some jerky thing and I stay mad at him about it during waking hours.
Some of those seem SO real!
It sounds like stress and maybe feelings of insecurity are behind the funky dreams. I hope you get some time this weekend to relax and unwind!
Twice, I’ve had dreams that my son is drowning. Very, very real dreams too. I didn’t want him to get in a pool for a long time!
Could you be pregnant? I had those exact same dreams when I was pregnant – the entire 9 months! It was really terrible. I even dreamed my husband was cheating on me with one of our best friends. It was so vivid. I haven’t ever had them again since I had my daughter. I attributed it to a self-conscious thing.