Having violent dreams

[EGL]

I don't remember dreams much (don't know if that means I don't do much dreaming, or if I just don't remember them). However, of the dreams I can recall, they're violent in nature. I don't remember having dreams like this before I started dealing with all this abuse crap a few months ago.

As some of you may remember, my neighbor killed himself (gunshot) in his back yard a few weeks ago. A few days after that I dreamed I killed myself in my backyard by stabbing myself in the chest with a knife. Now, a few nights ago I dreamed I was kidnapped by a man, a boy, and a girl. I fought them all 3 and killed all 3 of them by stabbing them in the heart with a knife. This is very unnerving when I wake and remember these dreams. Is this normal? Something I should be concerned about? Maybe I need to mention it to my therapist?

 

[parttimecop]

Dreams are worth what weight we give to them. Some dreams are just our brain trying to better analyze and organize our memories. Was the neighbor killing himself a traumatic event to you? Sometimes we see bad things happen to others and we try to internalize them to kind of make sense of them.

By all means mention it to your therapist. But also realize that sometimes a dream is just a dream. Don't center your plan for getting well over these dreams.

 

[Lloydy]

What I watch on TV or read often gives me weird dreams, as do the events of the day - maybe the news.

But sometimes my past creeps in as well, and that's not fun. But it gets less as I deal with the reality of my past.

Dave

 

[Leosha]

Perhaps some of the anger you have within you is coming out in your dreams. In that case, I think it is better that you do that then act out toward someone. Maybe if you journal some of the dreams, it helps you to get the anger out even more? I am not sure if that will help, but perhaps it will.

leosha