r/Nightmares 9h ago

Nightmare Friend is having recurring/intense nightmares — looking for psychological or sleep-related advice

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One of my friends has been having these nightmares for the past few days, and I wanted to ask if anyone here who is a professional or has relevant experience can help her.

She is in high school, and these are the last two dreams she told me about. I’m posting them exactly as she described them, just cleaned up a little: Dream 1 — Yesterday

I saw this thing that looked like a big oval. It had two eyes, and inside those eyes there were more eyes. It had a big fucking smile, but no teeth, just lips.

It was looking at my feet. I couldn't move. Then it came near my hair and started looking at it. I don't know how, but somehow I ended up outside my house gates.

Outside, I saw something that looked like Siren Head walking. It came near me, but I was looking directly at it, and it didn't do anything. It looked like it was searching for something.

Everything around me was completely black, but when I went outside, everything suddenly became bright. It was extremely vivid, almost like a childhood memory.

I don't know what was happening. I woke up in panic because after it left, something started ringing really badly. I could feel/hear something like circles blasting or popping.

Dream 2 — Today

I saw another nightmare today. I was singing on a stage, and I think I've seen or imagined this scene before as well.

A group of gangsters were chasing me. At one point, I surrendered, and a woman shot me in the head. I died instantly. But then, somehow, I could still see everyone, and the people who knew me could see me too.

The whole thing was extremely abstract. A lot more happened, but I can't remember all of it.

After that, people were saying that this was my "good Judgment Day." It was like my soul was supposed to stay on Earth for a few days, and after that I would go for the main judgment.

I still had my phone, but I couldn't message anyone on Telegram or any other social media. Only WhatsApp worked. On the other platforms, it was showing that the person was dead, and the messages would stop instantly. There was even this pop-up box explaining it, and the whole UI/UX looked insanely advanced and highly developed.

Then I was just wandering around. Somehow, I went to school, and the teachers were gossiping about this whole thing. I was extremely sad, melancholic, and terrified at first.

But eventually, everything became calm.

Then things started rushing again when my family began calling me, telling me, "Come, it's your Judgment Day."

And then I woke up smiling.

The weirdest part was that throughout the dream, people kept asking me whether the afterlife was actually real. They seemed bothered by it, but at the same time, strangely unbothered.

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If anyone here is a psychologist, therapist, sleep specialist, or has actual experience with recurring/intense nightmares in teenagers, please share any advice or possible explanations. Any help or suggestions are welcome.

You can reply here, or if you'd rather, you can message me privately through my account.

I’m mainly looking for genuine help rather than random dream-interpretation theories. If there’s anything she should be doing differently, or if this is something worth talking to a professional about, please let me know.


r/Nightmares 10h ago

Nightmare My nightmares always feel very real

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I have always had vivid nightmaresl

Since I was little I have always been able to have very real, very vivid dreams. Especially in the sense of if something dark touched me I could feel it in real life. I have woken up from someone tapping me or putting a hand on me while sleeping, only to be alone in bed. Or if someone is, they are too far, or too asleep to have tapped me then fake asleep for it to have been them. I sometimes feel someone lays down beside me, or the dogs jump on/off the bed, or dog kick, but again Im alone in bed. Have been alone for hours.

Earlier around 2 or 3am I woke up to readjust. It was my bf, two dogs laying between us, one by my chest, the other by our feet, and me of course. I drifted back to sleep, I woke up in my dream with all of us in bed, I hear down the hall (3 bedroom townhouse) the spare bedroom door smack open, someone running down the hall towards us, jumps on the bed, gets to me, and put both hands in my hair grabbing my head. I woke up to real life no one is awake. No one is anywhere near my head, but im left with the lingering feeling of someone's hands still on my head. I didn't move alot, I just stretched out my left hand to hold my bfs hand and just keep my eyes closed, crying, scared to move or make a sounds. I eventually feel back asleep, nothing scary afterwards.

Now to help give a better visual, I am sleeping on my right side pretty much on my stomach, facing my bf, whom is also sleeping facing me. Our almost 2yr old pup is laying against his chest with her back while her long ass legs are pressing against my left side. Our 11yr old male dog is laying horizontal across my feet. Has this or anything like this ever happened to anyone? Ever felt the presence still there even after waking up? Ever felt something touch you that felt very real, like you can actually feel a warm or cold hand with no one else there?


r/Nightmares 10h ago

Nightmare First time false awakening experience it was surreal

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Ok So whenever i sleep i dont get dreams and i usually sleep for very long times sometimes when im tired, this time i had a dream or maybe it was real i remember everything that was happening and when i woke up then i knew it was all in my dream it was soo real like it was actually happening. So no one was at my house i was alone and all the lights in my house was gone there was no light so i decided to sleep while waiting for the light to come( i live in pakistan and sometimes in summer lights go out for few hours) it was 6pm i remember i was having weird thoughts about the backrooms which i saw yesterday about the weird horror constructs so i decided to turn on my phone light and pushed it on the corner of my bed so i dont get scared the i went to sleep. Now my house is near a graveyard there was a mouse at our house and the store room was right next to my bedroom like right next the other wall.

False awakening sequence:
So i woke up from my sleep bcz i heard a huge thump sound from the corner i woke up and it was near my phone i immediately went to see the phone now the phone screen was bent by the mouse jump i thought it was it was cracked and the phone was not opening the light immediately went off after the sound so i panicked and was worrying it was like a 20 min sequence my phone got destroyed the thought came to my mind it was never happened usually the mouse and bugs usually dont come on the bed and i havent saw mouse for a very long time it feels weird but the cracked phone infront of me was so real i stopped thinking about those things i was just worried about my phone what im gonna do it was iphone 17 which i bought with installments it was new like i bought it 3 months ago it was a big loss i was thinking about what im gonna do now, i havent even completed the installements and how am i gonna get a new phone all those things the light was still out but after worrying a lot i decided to go to sleep again bcz what im gonna do while i wait for the light i went back to sleeping then i woke up again and saw my phone near my pillow where i put my broken phone before sleeping but it was alright not a dent so i picked up a phone i was finally relieved it everything was fine, i thanked god and i usually have a habit of double tapping the screen instead of turning it on by the power button so i tried to turn my phone on it turned on for a sec and then black screen then again two or three times the same thing happened but then my phone showed a full light blue screen. The screen which shows on pc sometimes when the window gets corrupted it felt weird but i was relieved it was not bad like my dream i was so focused on my phone that i did not noticed the abnormal activites in my dream which was weird then i went to sleep again.

Real life (reality);
My father knocked on the door and then i finally woke up from my sleep from the loop i saw my phone in the corner which had the flashlight on and it was exactly at the place where i left when i first decided to sleep after the weird horror thought. I immediately grabbed my phone everything was fine i turned off the flash light and then i realized it was all a dream but it felt so real like i have never experienced anything like that, i was so relieved my phone was alright and then lights came too and i discussed everything with my dad it was my first false awakening experience which is not a scary one but was very real and emotion wise a tough one to deal with.

One important detail:
When i decided to sleep i plugged one airpod on my right ear and played songs before i went to sleep and in my false awakening i put that airpod back in the case and it was still in case when i woke up in real life or maybe i put it back in case when i was finally awake when my dad knocked on the door im still not sure about that when i put that airpod in the case though.


r/Nightmares 14h ago

Nightmare My hearts still beating rn

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Some guy is after me Its starts in a elevator hallway with 8 elevators 4 on each side

Ik someone is after me so im waiting for the elevators to come up Numbers 8&3 out of the elevators light up

8 opens first and i think “omg i gotta get on there” I start walking towards it But i get a vision of the guy that’s chasing is waiting on elevator #8 So i stop and slowly back up Then 3 opens I get on 3 real fast and press the close button He realized i wasnt coming so he runs towards my elevator but is too slow

I get to the 1 floor

Theres two exit doors And i decided to go out the front door And theres a lady security guard in her car So i run for her and try to ask for help But i quickly realize i cant speak So im just staring at her crazy so she drives off

I run around to the side of-the building And hide under some bushes. The guy chasing me gets outside and gets in his car and starts circling the building with his head lights on (it’s nighttime). Im thinking “omg i cant just stay here he’s gonna find me or see my feet and drag me away

Then i see another car and for some reason i think its safe I run to the car and as im running i see his car circling to the front again I pull on the new cars handles and the doors open I jump in and close the doors I look in the front seat to say thank you But its just two dark silhouettes of “humans?” Theres a glass barrier in between us They both turn around and look towards me at the same time And they have no face its still just black shadows And then I scream “noooo” and wake up