Dying in your dreams

12345AGNST1

I had a dream last night that where I was with my friends and they had a helium balloon and I inhaled it. After I inhaled it my neck stiffenned up and I saw in the mirror that my adams apple was shrinking and it eventually imploded. After that I couldn't breathe and I remember saying to myself I'm going to die right now and I'm only 21. Then everything became white and I woke up.

I have never had a dream where I died before and it's sort of freaking me out. Is this even normal? I'm afraid of sleeping right now!

theserialthrilla

well ive never had a dream and not woken up yet:?

LikeAnOpeningBandForTheSun

12345AGNST1 wrote:

I had a dream last night that where I was with my friends and they had a helium balloon and I inhaled it. After I inhaled it my neck stiffenned up and I saw in the mirror that my adams apple was shrinking and it eventually imploded. After that I couldn't breathe and I remember saying to myself I'm going to die right now and I'm only 21. Then everything became white and I woke up.

I have never had a dream where I died before and it's sort of freaking me out. Is this even normal? I'm afraid of sleeping right now!

you died. welcome to hell!

redrock

Remember, dreams are symbolic and should not be taken literally. Dreaming of death/dying does not mean 'physical' death, but an 'end' to something looking towards a new start/beginning. A change. Could be anything... is work shit and you would like to leave? Relationship you need to look at? Even just a spring clean of your house. Anything that you would like to change (even if you don't know it yet) or is nagging you could project itself as death in a dream.

So... think about things and sleep tight. You're not dying.

Sian-of-the-dead

redrock wrote:

Remember, dreams are symbolic and should not be taken literally. Dreaming of death/dying does not mean 'physical' death, but an 'end' to something looking towards a new start/beginning. A change. Could be anything... is work shit and you would like to leave? Relationship you need to look at? Even just a spring clean of your house. Anything that you would like to change (even if you don't know it yet) or is nagging you could project itself as death in a dream.

So... think about things and sleep tight. You're not dying.

I used to dream regularly from an early age that my Dad was going to prematurely die. Now, I know everyone dies but these dreams were so real, and I hardly ever dreamed of him alive. I used to wake up so scared that i'd have to call him asap to make sure he was still there. In the dreams I was always in my 20's and either at his funeral, getting a phone call that he'd had a heart attack or sorting through his stuff. The last time I dreamt this I was stood to the right hand side of his coffin in the local church. His coffin was mahogany and there was a picture of him on top and I read a eulogy.

In August 2009 my Dad died of a heart attack, he was 55 and I was 25 at the time. His coffin was mohogany (I wasn't consulted on this, it was my mum's choice), there was a picture of him on top and I read a eulogy. He was buried in the local church and throughout the service I was stood to the right of his coffin. The comparisons with the dreams I had were actually scarier for me than the fact that I was burying my Dad.

I've never been able to lucid dream but the one time since his death I have dreamed of him dying I was able to tell myself that it was a dream and change it. I woke up very depressed but something definately changed. Now I only dream of my Dad visiting me, either in my house, at my mum's, out on our bikes or in his beloved garden (we spent a lot of time together on bikes and in the garden). He's very happy and the same old Dad I'll always miss. One night I even dreamt that I visited him in the afterlife... He was working in a huge afterlife zoo and was assigned to looking after the tortoises! No, I can't explain that one...

So, to be fair, it's not entirely true that all dreams are symbolic. I do believe that some are almost premonitions... although I don't think it is in the case of the helium balloon and imploding adam's apple :shock:

I got a dream book years ago and it lives by my bed. I always look up the symbolism of weird and wonderful dreams I've had and it soon puts my mind at ease... maybe you could do the same?

mysticweed

Once. But in the process of dying, all the secrets of the universe were being revealed and I remember feeling an enormous sense of peace. Then I awoke. Ever since, I have hoped that would be what happened when I die.

Also, take care what you read (or watch on tv) before bed. Anything by Stephen King or Poe would give me horrific nightmares until I finally made the connection and had to quit reading all the macabre material that I used to take to bed.

81

i've been having weird dreams lately...


the other night, i had to take my truck someplace and they would take it to sell, or i could buy it back.

well, i decided to keep it but some middle aged mexican wanted it. he had the keys but couldn't open the hood, so i got the keys from him to open the hood. then he wanted the keys back because it was goign to be his truck, i said no, and we argued for a few minutes, then we got into it. he was biting my arm so to get him off i threw a big knee into him..

this is when i woke up to a pissed gf, because i ended up kneeing her in teh back.

redrock

Sian-of-the-dead wrote:

So, to be fair, it's not entirely true that all dreams are symbolic. I do believe that some are almost premonitions... )

I totally agree about premonitions. Though I would say that premonitions convey themselves through dreams as your mind is 'open' and uncluttered with daily thoughts. I guess it would be difficult to make the difference, but I think those who experienced pre-congnitive dreams can. Besides your dear father's funeral, have you ever had a sense of deja-vu but couldn't place it? Those could be due to pre-cognitive dreams that you didn't remember upon waking.

Weird dreams with 'unnatural' happenings (such as parts of the body imploding!) are usually symbolic.

Hammerdonkey

Dreams are to be analyzed because they have hidden meaning. Only professionals are to be trusted with divulging this information to you.

In this particular case, your self-induced helium asphyxiation has direct relation to your subconscious wanting to touch a male's ball sack on a sailboat.

Regards,

Dream Reader

dcfaithful

Hammerdonkey wrote:

Dreams are to be analyzed because they have hidden meaning. Only professionals are to be trusted with divulging this information to you.

In this particular case, your self-induced helium asphyxiation has direct relation to your subconscious wanting to touch a male's ball sack on a sailboat.

Regards,

Dream Reader

Seriously though, they have books about the meaning and significance of certain things in dreams. My girlfriend has one somewhere, I can take a peak in there and see what it says in relation to death and dying if you're that curious.