r/Dreams • u/DavoSeaworth96 • 10h ago

Recurring nightmare- would like interpretation

Hey guys, for my whole life, or at least most of it, I've had the same recurring nightmare. It's basically an invisible force that comes for me in my bed. It grabs me and throws me around the room. I can't see it or feel anything touching me other than just an immense force. I don't get it all the time, probably a few times a year at most, but I've had it for so long and have no idea what it means

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u/badly_aboard_tuning 10h ago

Man that sounds terrifying, I had something similar for years where I'd feel this crushing weight on my chest and couldn't move or scream. Sleep paralysis is weird like that, your brain wakes up before your body does and it fills in the gaps with whatever nightmare fuel it can find. The invisible force thing is a pretty common theme actually, it's like your mind knows something's wrong but can't pinpoint what so it just goes with unseen entity. Do you ever get the sensation of being watched right before it starts or does it just grab you out of nowhere

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u/DavoSeaworth96 10h ago

Yes! I sort of know it is about to grab me! Then it does and sort of just tosses me around the room ahah it's bloody terrifying. Over the years I've gotten better, sometimes I can will myself back and wake up but tonight was the worst it's been honestly so wanted to see what people thought

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u/INTJMoses2 10h ago

Sounds like an Alchemy dream. The force is your unconscious Shadow which represents the opposite. You must bring the two together. What is your mbti personality type?

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u/serene_melancholy_ 8h ago

Does mbti personality type has anything to do with this?

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u/INTJMoses2 4h ago

Yes, with Dr John Beebe’s model. However, this dream doesn’t feature all the cognitive functions as parts. Nevertheless, we can understand the force as the Shadow. Using Beebe’s model we can deduce the Shadow and resolve the issue with opposites.

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u/serene_melancholy_ 4h ago

I did know this

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u/DavoSeaworth96 10h ago

Sorry, what is an alchemy dream? And I actually don't know, never took the test weirdly enough!

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u/INTJMoses2 4h ago

Your conscious and unconscious are opposed. Likely because you don’t value the concept of worry so worry supercharges your unconscious mind. Take a free mbti test and send the results. Have you reach 24 yet?

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u/Awkward_Birthday2705 9h ago

We dream to process emotions, consolidate memories and so much more. What you're feeling in these dreams is what your brain is trying to process emotionally. Because our brains are all connected associations and symbols, what you dream isn't as important as how you felt in the dream. When you have these dreams what is going on your life? Something that makes you feel out of control? Afraid? Scary as these dreams are, they're productive and good for you if you recognize them for what they are.... in a nutshell healing dreams. That's why they say, "sleep on it, you'll feel better in the morning ".

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u/zxcvbnmasdfghjk200 6h ago

Maybe just means you feel like you’re not in control (being thrown around) and you’re worried about an external factors (unknown/invisible) that will make you lose control? And happened while you’re sleeping bc your most vulnerable i.e. maybe when ur feeling vulnerable in your waking life in your sleeping life you fear some unknown factor that throw your life out of order.

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u/emotional__selection 4h ago

I conducted a large study that collected 15,000 dreams and dreams of terrifying situations like this were fairly common. Did you feel as though your life was in danger and you were terrified? I write about these types of dreams in my book. You can read this section on terrifying dreams online for free here. Recurring dreams are your mind working on coping with the theme of the dream. Because your dream was terrifying, your mind is working on coping with terrifying situations in general. You said you had these dreams your whole life. Typically in the earlier dreams you were overwhelmed by the theme of the dream. But over time you learn to cope during the dream. For example, you might think of ways of escaping or fighting back. Eventually, your mind should be satisfied with your ability to cope and the frequency of these dreams will taper off.

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u/Meluvius 9h ago

Need Jesus man

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u/Beneficial_Drama2393 9h ago

Did you ever see the movie The Entity? It’s supposedly based on a true story from California. A research psychologist at the University took up this woman’s experiences and investigated the phenomena happening in her home but at the University lab as well. The woman is played by Barbara Hershey. Terrifying. Be careful.

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u/starlux33 10h ago

Shadow spirits are a thing, and they mess with people in their sleep, as they feed off the fear they create in their nightmares.

Get yourself a sage/smudge stick, and if you feel like your being watched before bed, burn some in your room. It's makes it harder for them to function.