[Shocking] 5 Common Nightmares and Their Possible Meanings
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Dreams are windows into other worlds. Real or imaginary, that depends on how you choose to look at them. But they also seem to tell us things about ourselves that our conscious minds often overlook. Our deepest hopes, our greatest worries.
And our darkest fears.
I’ve had my fair share of nightmares, and I’m sure you have, too. Strangely enough, though, most of them don’t involve anything truly horrific. It’s the mundane stuff. TheEvery Day. The little things that, when you wake up, you’re glad didn’t actually happen.
Here are a handful of these common nightmares, along with what some believe they reveal about us.
Falling
I’ve never had a falling dream as a nightmare. Not one that I can remember, anyway. Ihave been shocked awake once or twice, and I know that, sometimes, right as I’m falling asleep in that state of hypnagogia, I’ll feel like I’m actually falling.
In fact, there’s a term for this: It’s called a hypnic jerk.
Falling in your dreams, however, can have a variety of possible meanings, according to the website Dream Moods. They can signify a loss of control, of losing your grasp on the edge of a situation and plunging to your doom.
These nightmares may also highlight an insecurity of some kind, or that you’re standing on uncertain ground.
Back To School
For years after I graduated high school, I’d occasionally have extremely stressful dreams. They were about either running late for class or, worse, finding out at the end of the year that I’d completely forgotten to attend one. The same thing happened after college.
Eventually, these dreams faded away, but even now I’ll sometimes find myself sitting in a dreamland classroom, wondering exactly what I’m doing there. That said, the most common school-related nightmare I can think of is so simple and yet oh so stressful: The forgotten locker combination.
For me, in the beginning, I’d just forget the combination. Simple. Nowadays, if I ever have that dream (which I rarely do, but it does happen), I’ll forget how to work the lock altogether. What can I say; it’s been a while.
According to Dream Moods, dreaming about a locker can mean there’s something hidden or repressed about yourself that you need to rediscover. And, if you’ve forgotten the locker’s combination, that represents uncertainty or loss. The Curious Dreamer also suggests that being unable to open your locker could represent self-sabotage.
Dreams about school, nightmares or otherwise, are very common. Here’s an interesting article about them over at Brain Decoder, which also investigates something called the “reminiscence bump” — a possible reason we may anxiously dream about school long after we’ve left it.
Out Of Time
Similar to the above (in my experience) is the classic Running Late nightmare. You have somewhere to be, but it either slipped your mind or you just can’t make it. I’d have these occasionally during my Back to School dreams.
Depending on what you’re running late for, these nightmares can have a variety of potential meanings. The Curious Dreamer states that whatever you’re running late for is likely something you find very important. However, you may be feeling overwhelmed, resentful, or anxious about it.
The Chase
In this nightmare, you find yourself running, being chased by someone – or some thing.
This is one I’ve rarely experienced. When I have, it’s usually far more nuanced, like fleeing an alien invasion or something along the lines of The Fugitive. In other words, less about the chase and more about the life-altering situation I’ve found myself in.
In general, being chased in your dream world could mean you’re running from something in your real life. A repressed emotion, or a bad situation. Something that scares you. That’s a bit on the nose, sure, but that’s how dream interpretation seems to work. These chase nightmares may also reveal denial.
Teeth Falling Out
Perhaps most disturbing of all (for me) are the nightmares involving tooth loss. They aren’t subtle, either – in these dreams, full teeth just give up and fall out. They’re some of the most vivid and disturbing dreams I’ve ever had, as far as actually feeling the teeth fall out. Not quite lucid, but nearly there.
Oh, and I’ll spare you the picture of the teeth. I’m sure you can imagine them just fine.
Anyway, these horrific enamel-coated nightmares are said to represent some kind of anxiety in your life, which may involve your appearance or worries about how other people view you. They may also be our dreamy way of coming to terms with the slow, merciless crawl of aging and our own mortality.
By Rob Schwarz, Stranger Dimensions
And our darkest fears.
I’ve had my fair share of nightmares, and I’m sure you have, too. Strangely enough, though, most of them don’t involve anything truly horrific. It’s the mundane stuff. TheEvery Day. The little things that, when you wake up, you’re glad didn’t actually happen.
Here are a handful of these common nightmares, along with what some believe they reveal about us.
Falling
I’ve never had a falling dream as a nightmare. Not one that I can remember, anyway. Ihave been shocked awake once or twice, and I know that, sometimes, right as I’m falling asleep in that state of hypnagogia, I’ll feel like I’m actually falling.
In fact, there’s a term for this: It’s called a hypnic jerk.
Falling in your dreams, however, can have a variety of possible meanings, according to the website Dream Moods. They can signify a loss of control, of losing your grasp on the edge of a situation and plunging to your doom.
These nightmares may also highlight an insecurity of some kind, or that you’re standing on uncertain ground.
Back To School
For years after I graduated high school, I’d occasionally have extremely stressful dreams. They were about either running late for class or, worse, finding out at the end of the year that I’d completely forgotten to attend one. The same thing happened after college.
Eventually, these dreams faded away, but even now I’ll sometimes find myself sitting in a dreamland classroom, wondering exactly what I’m doing there. That said, the most common school-related nightmare I can think of is so simple and yet oh so stressful: The forgotten locker combination.
For me, in the beginning, I’d just forget the combination. Simple. Nowadays, if I ever have that dream (which I rarely do, but it does happen), I’ll forget how to work the lock altogether. What can I say; it’s been a while.
According to Dream Moods, dreaming about a locker can mean there’s something hidden or repressed about yourself that you need to rediscover. And, if you’ve forgotten the locker’s combination, that represents uncertainty or loss. The Curious Dreamer also suggests that being unable to open your locker could represent self-sabotage.
Dreams about school, nightmares or otherwise, are very common. Here’s an interesting article about them over at Brain Decoder, which also investigates something called the “reminiscence bump” — a possible reason we may anxiously dream about school long after we’ve left it.
Out Of Time
Similar to the above (in my experience) is the classic Running Late nightmare. You have somewhere to be, but it either slipped your mind or you just can’t make it. I’d have these occasionally during my Back to School dreams.
Depending on what you’re running late for, these nightmares can have a variety of potential meanings. The Curious Dreamer states that whatever you’re running late for is likely something you find very important. However, you may be feeling overwhelmed, resentful, or anxious about it.
This is one I’ve rarely experienced. When I have, it’s usually far more nuanced, like fleeing an alien invasion or something along the lines of The Fugitive. In other words, less about the chase and more about the life-altering situation I’ve found myself in.
In general, being chased in your dream world could mean you’re running from something in your real life. A repressed emotion, or a bad situation. Something that scares you. That’s a bit on the nose, sure, but that’s how dream interpretation seems to work. These chase nightmares may also reveal denial.
Teeth Falling Out
Perhaps most disturbing of all (for me) are the nightmares involving tooth loss. They aren’t subtle, either – in these dreams, full teeth just give up and fall out. They’re some of the most vivid and disturbing dreams I’ve ever had, as far as actually feeling the teeth fall out. Not quite lucid, but nearly there.
Oh, and I’ll spare you the picture of the teeth. I’m sure you can imagine them just fine.
Anyway, these horrific enamel-coated nightmares are said to represent some kind of anxiety in your life, which may involve your appearance or worries about how other people view you. They may also be our dreamy way of coming to terms with the slow, merciless crawl of aging and our own mortality.
