Posted by TamaraJ on June 3, 2005, at 14:19:52
In reply to Dreams symbols, posted by Shortelise on June 3, 2005, at 12:22:41
I've had recurring nightmares and night terrors since I was a kid, starting at about age 4. The recurring themes seems to be either being trapped under something as it starts to come down on me or in something, or having someone come at me to harm me. When I was a teen and into my 20s, the being trapped night terrors would be so bad that I would literally be trying to escape (but have little memory of what was happening until I woke up). One time, my dad stopped me just before I jumped over the banister of the winding staircase in our house to the floor below. Another time, I woke up and had almost completely trashed my room - drapes had been pulled off the curtain rod, all the clothes were pulled off the hangers, bedside lamp had been thrown across the room. Once, I woke up with rug burn on my legs after, I guess, I tried to crawl my way out of whatever was trapping me in my dream. I don't do any damage when I have the terrors now, but I wake up breathing very heavily and with my heart racing. But, the themes have been pretty consistent throughout my life - being smothered or harmed in some way. I have never really analyzed the night terrors to try to see symbolism in them. I not really not sure why the night terrors have a relatively recurrent theme. Just one of those things, I guess. Very weird.
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