For the past couple of nights I have been having trouble sleeping because of a reoccuring dream I have been having...in a way it kinda bothers me some...
I dream that I am walking down the sidewalk here in the neighborhood I live in...just out for a daily stroll but I keep getting the feeling I am being followed, but when I look behind me there isn't anything there. After a few minutes of walking I finally turn around and all I can see is a huge black shadow standing there behind me...I begin to run and the next thing I know I am totally engulfed by the shadow and I begin to scream...
After the shadow lifts from me I feel a sense of total hatred towards everything and I just feel as though I want to harm someone or myself! Knowing that in real life I would never ever do anything to harm someone or myself!
Anyway, I come back to my house and sit on my bed and wait for my husband to come home...and as I hear the door open I reach down and grab something *I don't know what it is because in my dream I can't see anything in my hand* and I walk in the room where he is and begin to hit him...and after about the third hit the black shadow reappears and points a boney finger at me and says "STOP YOU BEAST!" then it just disappears and I drop to the floor...

I know it is strange...my husband says...I don't remember it happening though...that he has been awakened by me screaming and fighting "something" off of me...I don't have any knowledge of that stuff...but I can remember the dream just as it was real...I don't really understand the dream myself or as to what it might actually mean...this is the first time I have ever had a reoccuring dream like this...

Does anyone have any idea as to maybe how or why this might be happening?

Katt

How terrible, Katt! My first impression is that it sounds like a different version of the "dark man" (as I call him) visit. I used to have 'visits' while sleeping when I was a teen/early 20's, but he would only come close to me and lean over me - face to face. He was pure black and in human form. I sensed that it was male and all I could feel was extreme evil and hatred coming from him, but he never touched me. My visits were always triggered by the same dream beforehand, which had nothing to do with 'him'. But the second time around when I started dreaming this dream, I knew what was coming (a visit from 'him').

It sounds like your dream about walking down the sidewalk is the beginning of the rest if the experience. If you can identify this while the first part of the dream is happening -realize that it is a dream- try to awaken and stay awake for a bit afterward. This may stave off the rest, at least for that night. See, if you can break away from it before the bad stuff occurs, that's wonderful. But I understand too that it may not be possible to break away from the dream once it has commenced. Kind of a tough situation. However, if at any point during the experience you can become lucid (realizing it a dream), you can take control. Tell it to go away, change events, etc. This may take some practice, but it's worth a try. Also, if at all possible, if your hubby notices that you're in distress while sleeping, he should try to wake you (so long as you don't sleep with a knife or start pounding on him ).

I wonder if your pregnancy may have anything to do with this dream? (i.e. body/brain chemisty changes) You could ask your OB if bad dreams are common during the first months of pregnancy; if so, what can be done (if anything).

Hope this was somewhat helpful. If I think of anything else, I'll post it.

Lots of hugs,
Kell

[ November 19, 2006, 05:46 PM: Message edited by: KellKell ]

I also know of this'dark man do not fear him.he can be overcome.it is he who put's bad thoughts in your mind. you have not allowed him to visit you in person.he can do this, if he wish's to do so.do not fear your dream.you will over come.

Thanks for the info Kell and Grim...interesting...I will indeed check with my dr about stuff...and no Grim he has never visited me in person only in my dreams...

SS, as you know dream interpretation can be tough because each person is different. I am only interpreting this based on what I know of my own dreaming.

There is a possibility this dark shadow is actually neutral, but because of our own associations (or our own untapped emotions), we create a negative response to it. Therefore, when it touches us in the dream, we fill up with hate and need to act it out.

There is a second possibility—and this is based on my own experiences—that this is your own mind interpreting your spirit's own return to your body after astral-travelling. I used to feel a sense of ghostly possession until this was explained to me, and I never had the dream again. This was caused by an imbalance between the psychic body and the physical one.

The third possibility, of a negative presence, has been covered above.

So I am not sure at this point but armed with what you now know, I hope your dreams become more pleasant!

My take on this dream is that the entity that you are running from and is running after you is: you... Alot of times people are going thru so much in their lives that they need an out or a destress to happen and this can be it. As for the dark that overcomes you could be you letting go of the mental crap of your life. Your husband may just be the symbol of the problems you face everyday; not saying that he "is" the problem but only a symbol. He is a part of your life and when you "hit" him, that's letting go of your stress/anxiety.

Just a thought to ponder over....

I definitely have to go with Ghostwatch's take on the dream.
I believe there are many different kinds of dreams. The ones we have the most are the vents for our conscious minds. This is the kind I think you're having. It repeating supports this.

Something is disturbing you so much in your life that you want to attack it. It's really disturbing you. But you don't want to recognize it. You feel that whatever it is that is bothering you is unacceptable to fight against so you repress it.
The invisible thing, the shadow, is the thing that is bothering you. You repress it and ignore it but it still haunts you. And then it engulfs you and you feel the anger you are repressing. And eventually it takes shape again and admonishes you for feeling it and/or taking action on it.
Whether it really is about your husband you have to figure it out. As Sebastian says, each dream is particular to the dreamer.

My suggestion would be to keep asking yourself why you are so upset. This method is not guarenteed to work. Some people carry repressions to the grave.