Do you have impact dreams?
Question:
They occur within the first 20 minutes of sleep and they usually involve some kind of impact in your dream either resulting or the result of a very strong jolt that goes through your body and causes you (or maybe its just me) to have a very strong kick.
I have been having these dreams since I can remember, usually just going through a dream and then I get hit buy a car, fall off a cliff, fall over a railing, parachute doesnt open, walk into a wall because i wasnt looking, anything that involves an impact.
My reason for asking is I want to know if it is normal, why it happens, and is it something i should concern myself with.
I have a feeling the dream is a reflection of what my body is going through, and my brain uses my dream to explain it, example-dream your arm was chopped off, but in reality your head has cut off the circulation to the arm and you lost feeling in it.
Answers:
Hi there,
You really need to seek help for this. Consult a therapist.
If you have such dreams it is perfectly normal to feel that strong jolt that you are talking about. We don't just see dreams we FEEL them. So its natural to feel such an impact on your body after having such nightmares. Everyone has such dreams sometimes in their lives but if it is happening way too often you need to seek help.
Dreams are usually a reflection of your subconscious. It is quite possible that you have had some traumatic or upsetting events in the past which you needed to resolve in your waking life but you did not do it. So they appear in such forms in your dreams. Or if you have recently started to have them it is quite possible that you are going through too much of stress and do not have the time to deal with it in a positive way in your waking life. For example,
most of the dreams that you mention indicate a fear of failure and mostly fear of obstacles in the way to achieving your goals. Give a thought to whether you are constantly thinking about obstacles in your way.
Start writing a diary. Keep a dream diary, where you write down your dreams. And a daily diary, where you write down your feelings about the the day gone by. See if you can find a relation.
Also as you mentioned in your last example it is perfectly possible that your posture of sleeping is not very correct. If you have a tendency to sleep all curled up or if you just end up sleeping in one position throuhgout the night this can happen. When you get into bed try sleeping on your side, in a comfortable position. Your head should be resting on a not too hard a pillow. Arms and legs should be comfortably placed without any strain or discomfort.
Also before going off to sleep, lie straight on your back take deep breaths for about 10 minutes then slowly roll on to your side and fall asleep.
If these things do not work please seek professional help.
Although I hope this helps a little.
A recurrent dream often is the way of a trauma of our early childhood to show up... something we cannot remember or we fear to remember. If it is really bothering you, seek professional help.
I used to have a horrible recurrent dream, on therapy, once I found out why it was, it was gone forever
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